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Land Management

Caring for country is important to Indigenous Australians. Knowledge of the land and sea is central to culture, spiritual beliefs, and traditional land management.

The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts helps Indigenous Australians manage and protect country through a variety of programs and initiatives, including through:

• The Indigenous Protected Areas program;
• Working on Country program;
• The Indigenous Land Management Facilitators Network;
• Natural Resource Management;
• Joint Management of National Parks;
• The Australian Government Envirofund;
• The Renewable Remote Power Generation Program; and
• Oil Recycling.

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  • Biodiversity
  • Coasts and marine
  • Heritage
  • Land
  • Parks and reserves
  • Human settlements
  • Water
  • EPBC Act
  • Arts and culture 

• Indigenous Australians Caring for Country
  • Indigenous Protected Areas
  • Working on Country
  • Grants and Funding
  • Whole of Government Programs
  • Committees and Networks
  • Publications

• Whole of Government Programs
  • Land Management
  • Inland Waters
  • Sea Country
  • Indigenous Heritage
  • Indigenous Careers