Setting up for success guides

Carbon farming provides Aboriginal pastoral lessees and Native Title holders with the opportunity to create a new income stream, regenerate the environment, build skills and work on Country.

The Setting up for success: Human Induced Regeneration carbon farming guide has been developed for Aboriginal Corporations and registered Native Title Prescribed Bodies Corporates interested in carbon farming. The guide aims to support Aboriginal organisations to increase their participation in the carbon farming industry.

This guide focuses specifically on the opportunities and risks presented by human induced regeneration carbon farming projects. This guide is currently being updated as new human induced regeneration carbon farming projects can no longer be registered. If you wish to be updated when the new version is released, Please email us

The Business model for Aboriginal pastoral businesses setting up for success guide provides a step-by-step guide for the implementation of new business models for Aboriginal communities and their pastoral corporation boards pastoral enterprises and the road to success.

A successful pastoral enterprise requires good management and practical skills, equipment, livestock such as sheep or cattle, and access to capital (money for machinery, cattle and operating cash). The adoption of new business models such as agistment, subleases and grazing licences is an innovative solution for Aboriginal pastoral corporations that do not have the resources required to run a pastoral business on their own.

The purpose of transitioning to alternative models is to attract commercial investment and partnerships that can provide much needed resources, and enable corporations to increase the productivity, profitability and sustainability of their pastoral enterprises. Aboriginal pastoral corporations have the opportunity to create new income streams from their properties and step away from self-management.

Understanding how Crown land tenure works in Western Australia (WA) is important for Aboriginal communities and organisations when making plans for long-term goals and projects involving land.

The purpose of this guide is to:

1. provide planning tools to assist with preparing for an application for land tenure
2. outline key features of the different types of Crown land tenure available in WA
3. clarify the process for obtaining a grant of Crown land tenure.

Clean energy, or renewable energy, is energy that comes from natural sources or processes that never run out. There are various types of clean energy that are common in Australia, such as wind and solar, and there are others that are emerging as technology develops.

This guide will assist Aboriginal organisations and communities in WA to be proactive and self-determined in the energy transition. This guide is relevant to:

• Registered Native Title Bodies Corporate and native title claim groups
• Aboriginal organisations, corporations, charities and businesses
• Aboriginal communities and groups of people wanting to be involved in the clean energy transition.