NESP MaC Project 3.20– A National Approach to Indigenous Engagement in Australia’s Blue Carbon and Environmental Markets, 2023-2025. (CDU, ICIN, NAILSMA)
This record provides an overview of the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub study - Project 3.20– A National Approach to Indigenous Engagement in Australia’s Blue Carbon and Environmental Markets. For specific data outputs from this project, please see child records associated with this metadata.
Blue Carbon and Environmental markets, and their related environmental policy are rapidly evolving to meet National carbon reduction targets. In Australia, they’re emerging markets with great potential to improve carbon sequestration and restore biodiversity and cultural values. However, swift market growth infers the potential for perverse outcomes without proper regulation and processes implemented alongside. Corresponding regulation and processes are not yet in place to ensure Indigenous engagement is conducted in a legitimate, respectful, and empowering manner.
The project proposes to coordinate a national Indigenous engagement approach for Blue Carbon and where appropriate include discussions on other Environmental market projects. This process will capture the wide-ranging rights and interests of Indigenous peoples and communities across jurisdictions and ensure empowerment in the Blue Carbon market. A key output from this research will be a document that outlines leading practice Indigenous engagement principles learned through a process of consultation with key Indigenous groups across Australia. It will be submitted to the Commonwealth government alongside proposed new Blue Carbon methods to enable efficient implementation that is ethical and in accord with leading practice principles of Indigenous engagement. The Blue Carbon market provides an opportunity for Indigenous community economic gain amidst complex legislation, tenure, resource ownership and co-benefits that haven’t been investigated in detail. Projects for the proposed Ungulate Method (Project 3.8) will occur on Aboriginal-owned land and mixed tenure where Indigenous people hold significant values and interests. Ensuring, Indigenous peoples rights, equity, and that principles of free, prior, and informed consent, are at the fore front of projects, leading practice Indigenous engagement is essential. The project notes that the legislative framework for the Blue Carbon market and how it relates to Indigenous peoples is different to other emerging environmental markets and it is likely to inherently limit the outcomes of this project.
Planned Outputs
• Mapping tenure of Blue Carbon resources [spatial dataset]
• Final technical report with analysed data and recommendations for policy makers of key findings [written]
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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2023-05-18T00:00:00
- Purpose
- Project aims and Objectives: • Mapping tenure of Blue Carbon resources with a focus on Indigenous land, rights, and interests. • Compiling and synthesizing Indigenous tenure related to Blue Carbon resources data into a publicly available spatial database (eAtlas) to create a permanent reference. • Review Indigenous Carbon Industry Network Best Practice Free, Prior and Informed Consent Guidelines for Seeking Consent of Indigenous Communities for Carbon Projects (2020) with a view to extend application of guidelines to coastal, intertidal and oceanic zones and biodiversity values. • Co-design leading practice guidelines with Traditional Owner groups, Native title bodies, and Indigenous representative bodies on Indigenous Engagement in the Australian Blue Carbon and biodiversity markets. • Interpret and report on workshop findings, including providing advice on establishing engagement options and leading practice guidelines and options for regulatory improvement to empower Indigenous peoples in these markets.
- Credit
- Rachel Groom (CDU), Anna Boustead (ICIN), Justin Perry (NAILSMA)
- Credit
- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
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- Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW), Australian Government
- Credit
- In addition to NESP (DCCEEW) funding, this project is matched by an equivalent amount of in-kind support and co-investment from project partners and collaborators.
Principal investigator
Justin PerryNorthern Australia Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
Extent
- Description
- Project extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2023-02-01 2025-12-15
Extent
Extent
- Description
- Marine and coastal region of Australia
- Keywords (dataSource)
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- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub
- Keywords (Theme)
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- marine
- AODN Geographic Extents Vocabulary
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- Coastal Waters (Australia)
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The data collections described in this record are funded by the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) through the NESP Marine and Coastal Hub.
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- OnLine resource
- NESP Marine and Coastal Hub website
- OnLine resource
- NESP MaC - Round 3 page
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/8d526337-4fdf-4a84-941d-c9b6e8450707
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
eAtlas Data ManagerAustralian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Field session
- Name
- NESP MaC hub Project 3.20
- Metadata linkage
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https://eatlas.org.au/data/uuid/8d526337-4fdf-4a84-941d-c9b6e8450707
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2022-05-10T16:08:28
- Date info (Revision)
- 2024-03-20T01:44:41
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018