Abstract
Izurieta, A., B. Sithole, N. Stacey, H. Hunter-Xenie, B. Campbell, P. Donohoe, J. Brown, and L. Wilson. 2011. Developing indicators for monitoring and evaluating joint management effectiveness in protected areas in the Northern Territory, Australia. Ecology and Society 16(3): 9. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04274-160309
Highlights
That a participatory monitoring and evaluation approach in which partners agree on the identification of criteria and indicators to measure agreed management outcomes has the potential of improving equitable participation, decision making and working relationships, which in turn will lead to improved park management effectiveness and community outcomes
Despite the questions and critiques over participatory approaches (Jackson and Kassam 1998), we concluded that participatory monitoring and evaluation made a valuable contribution to the first stages of a joint management partnership by providing a structured and agreed framework within which partners could talk and learn about improving how they work together
The agreed set of indicators reflect a common ground reached by the partners reflecting their own needs and areas of interest as well as agreement to work together in a partnership to jointly manage Flora River Nature Park
Summary
Joint management (sometimes referred to as comanagement, participatory management, or collaborative management) between state authorities and local people is a relatively well-recognized management approach to reconcile cultural and biodiversity conservation in protected areas (White et al 1994, Davies et al 1999, Lawrence 2000, Smyth 2001, Carlson and Berkes 2005, DeKoninck 2005, Plummer and Arai 2005, Berkes 2009). Borrini-Feyerabend et al (2007:69) define joint management as “a partnership by which two or more relevant social actors collectively negotiate, agree upon, guarantee and implement a fair share of management functions, benefits and responsibilities for a particular territory, area or set of natural resources”. Borrini-Feyerabend et al (2007:69) define joint management as “a partnership by which two or more relevant social actors collectively negotiate, agree upon, guarantee and implement a fair share of management functions, benefits and responsibilities for a particular territory, area or set of natural resources”. Underlying this is the moral argument that conservation goals should contribute to, rather than conflict with, basic human needs (Mahanty et al 2007). Joint management between Government agencies and Aboriginal Traditional Owners can be seen from two different cultural perspectives: the western and the indigenous perspective. Traditional Owners are defined as “local descent group of Aboriginals who have common spiritual affiliations to a site on the land...and are entitled by Aboriginal tradition to forage as of right over that land” (Aboriginal Land Rights Northern Territory Act 1976, Australia: Part 1, Section 3)
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