The Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) program supports First Nations communities to voluntarily dedicate and manage their land and sea as protected areas. This evaluation sought to assess the extent to which IPA Program objectives and associated environmental, cultural, social and economic outcomes were being achieved. It is intended to guide continuous improvement in future program...

These guidelines are a key output from a project of the Australian government’s National Environmental Science Program (NESP), Northern Australia Environmental Resources (NAER) Hub, titled Knowledge Brokering for Indigenous Land Management.