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Two Way Governance: Presentation 4
Two-way governance
is about
respecting both Aboriginal and Western
knowledge and using them both to
make good decisions.
Two-way governance works best in
communities, organisations and
governments where Aboriginal people
are directly involved with other people
in making policy, laws and decisions
and in carrying them out.
Joint management of National Parks, and more recently the creation of Indigenous Protected Areas on Aboriginal land,
shows how Aboriginal knowledge is the foundation of good land management. The Aboriginal knowledge meets
western scientific knowledge to support culture, families and the environment at the same time.