Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people maintain a distinctive cultural, spiritual, physical and economic relationship with their land and waters
Target 15a: By 2030, a 15 per cent increase in Australia’s landmass subject to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s legal rights or interests.
Target 15b: By 2030, a 15 per cent increase in areas covered by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s legal rights or interests in the sea.
Indicators:
Drivers:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s owned land and water titles
- Number of land claims resolved under Commonwealth, state and territory land rights legislation
- Number of positive Native Title Determinations
Contextual information:
- Number of Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAs) on the Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements
- Income of registered native title bodies corporate as reported to the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC), including income from businesses or grants
- Charitable trusts holding native title and land rights monies
- Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people employed in water and land management
- Australia’s conservation estate that is managed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who recognise and live on homelands/traditional country
Disaggregation:
- States/territories
Data Development:
Explore options to measure and report:
- indicators for land use and development