Establishing large, permanent protection outcomes on Indigenous‐owned private land: Innovations at Gayini, Australia
Summary. Gayini, a wetland restoration project in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin, demonstrates an innovative conservation model combining Indigenous land ownership with legally-binding protection covenants. The project was co-developed with Traditional Custodians and shows how new governance arrangements can expand protected areas while respecting different tenure systems and ensuring biodiversity representation across diverse landscapes.
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Fitzsimons, J., Woods, R., Woods, J., Woods, I., Ridge, K., Brettschneider, M., Perceval, C., Goodwin, A., Smillie, K., Elton, P., & Kingsford, R. T.. (2025). Establishing large, permanent protection outcomes on Indigenous‐owned private land: Innovations at Gayini, Australia. Conservation Science and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70055
Fitzsimons, James, et al. “Establishing large, permanent protection outcomes on Indigenous‐owned private land: Innovations at Gayini, Australia.” Conservation Science and Practice, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70055.
Fitzsimons, James, Rene Woods, Jamie Woods, Ian Woods, Kathryn Ridge, Mark Brettschneider, Chris Perceval, et al.. 2025. “Establishing large, permanent protection outcomes on Indigenous‐owned private land: Innovations at Gayini, Australia.” Conservation Science and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70055.
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- 10.1111/csp2.70055
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- indigenous-innovation, climate-and-environment
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- 2026-04-28