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The Indigenous Land Corporation's First Land Management Policy: Reconciling National Policy with the Contingencies of Local Context
Author(s) -
Lane Marcus B.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
geographical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.695
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-5871
pISSN - 1745-5863
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2005.00315.x
Subject(s) - indigenous , corporation , mandate , land management , context (archaeology) , political science , environmental resource management , environmental planning , land use , public administration , business , geography , economics , engineering , ecology , civil engineering , law , archaeology , biology
The Indigenous Land Corporation was established to acquire lands for Indigenous peoples who were unlikely to benefit from recognition of native title. The Corporation is also charged with assisting Indigenous peoples manage their lands. The First Land Management Policy of the Indigenous Land Corporation is examined, and the strengths as well as the omissions and flaws of this initial policy approach to land management are noted. Ways to improve the assistance that the Corporation provides to Indigenous landowners in the management of their lands are proposed. The paper suggests that the Corporation's approach to land management needs to resolve the demands of a national policy mandate with the contingencies of local context.