Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; International Law Standards; Environmental and Natural Resources Management by Indigenous Peoples in the United States; Governance by the indigenous People of Native Alaska; Resource Management in Canada: Development and Current Practices; Environmental and Natural Resources Management by the Maori in New Zealand; The North American and New Zealand Experience with Indigenous Land Rights and Its Application to Australia; The Significance of the Nordic Experience for Indigenous Governance in Australia; Indigenous Governance by the Inuit of Greenland; Indigenous Governance by the Sami of Scandinavia; Australian Land Rights Legislation; Legislative Provision for Corporations and Councils; Native Title Legislation; Environmental and Resource Management and Indigenous Australians; Negotiated Agreements and Regional Governance Agreements; Conclusions.

About the Author

Garth Nettheim is Australia's preeminent Indigenous legal rights academic.