ABSTRACT

Partnerships between Indigenous peoples and non-local investors have been the source of significant innovation in environmental management across the globe. Indigenous land and sea management in Australia is a growing economic sector that has been used to create jobs, training and income in remote Indigenous Australia. While the aspirations of Indigenous people for Indigenous land and sea management have been reported widely, the aspirations of non-local investors are less clear. In this article, we present an analysis of the aspirations of investors and, in so doing, seek to strengthen partnerships between Indigenous peoples and investors globally. There can be an implicit assumption that investment in the sector is purely to achieve biophysical outcomes, such as increased protection of biodiversity in key bioregions. Our analysis suggests that this is partly true, though significantly underestimates the willingness of investors to contribute to the realisation of social, economic and cultural benefits. Based on these results, we offer two recommendations for advancing Indigenous land and sea manager-investor partnerships: (1) investors should identify and clearly communicate their aspirations for entering partnerships, and (2) Indigenous peoples should be supported to develop clear protocols for investment in their land sea management programmes.

摘要

土著人民与非本地投资者之间的伙伴关系已成为全球环境管理重大创新的源泉。澳大利亚的土著土地和海洋管理是一个发展中的经济部门，已被用来在偏远的澳大利亚土著创造就业，培训和收入。尽管已经广泛报道了土著人民对土著人土地和海洋管理的愿望，但对非本地投资者的愿望尚不清楚。在本文中，我们对投资者的愿望进行了分析，并以此为基础，寻求在全球范围内加强土著人民与投资者之间的伙伴关系。可以有一个隐含的假设，即对该部门的投资纯粹是为了实现生物物理成果，例如在关键生物区域加强对生物多样性的保护。我们的分析表明，这部分是正确的，尽管大大低估了投资者为实现社会，经济和文化利益做出贡献的意愿。根据这些结果，我们为推进土著土地和海洋管理者与投资者的合作关系提供了两项建议：（1）投资者应明确并明确传达他们建立伙伴关系的愿望；（2）应支持土著人民制定明确的投资协议在他们的陆地海洋管理计划中。