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Indigenous-led objectives to improve co-management of culturally significant entities

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In Australia, the designation and management of culturally significant entities (CSEs) is interwound with cultural governance and obligations to care for Country. We show how Indigenous-led objectives and biocultural measures for designating and managing CSEs can be successfully framed and planned by placing the decision-making authority within local Indigenous governance structures.

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Fig. 1: Illustration of Bundjalung traditional management approaches for CSEs.

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This is a summary of: Goolmeer, T. et al. Indigenous-led designation and management of culturally significant species. Nat. Ecol. Evol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02466-w (2024).

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