Traditional Owners of the Great Barrier Reef: the next generation of Reef 2050 actions
2018
In short, this Report:
Confirms that there are two options for progressing the integration of Traditional Owner
interests in the Reef 2050 Plan.
Option 1 (Business As Usual) represents a continuation of the current approach of
Government-based review and refinement of the (now 23) Traditional Owner actions in
the Reef 2050 Plan.
Option 2 (Towards Genuine Co-governance) represents Government taking a far more
negotiated approach at the GBR-wide level (and subsequently down to local scales) that
applies the principles of Free Prior and Informed Consent.
Based on extensive engagement concerning the aspirations of Traditional Owners and
their support organisations across the GBR, the overwhelming stated desire and demand
is for genuine partnership in the overarching governance of the Reef and far deeper
ownership of, and participation in, its active day to day management (Option 2).
There is an unambiguous view that the foundations set in the Reef 2050 Plan (Option 1),
while a step in the right direction, simply reflect Traditional Owner aspirations in someone
else’s planning. Meanwhile, a consistent message from Traditional Owners, fuelled by
their existing and emerging rights in sea country, is that this more passive form of
involvement cannot continue into the future; that a genuine form of agreement making and
active implementation (from GBR to local scales) must emerge.
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