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The research team will look at the ICNRM performance and impact requirements of four key investor groups whose support can help ICNRM enterprises expand and diversify. These investors are: Indigenous organisations, the corporate sector, philanthropic and non-government organisations and ICNRM fee-for-service customers.

Project activities

There are 4 key activities in the project:

• Reviewing the existing evidence and reporting tools for ICNRM used by these four key investor groups
• Evaluating the future performance and impact assessment requirements guiding their investment in ICNRM
• Co-developing Indigenous and investor-led guidance, recommendations and tools to build improved performance and impact assessment
• Identifying actions that ICNRM enterprises and government investors can undertake to attract investment from Indigenous community, corporate, philanthropic and fee-for-service sectors.

Anticipated project products

This project assists the ICNRM sector to attract, guide and evaluate Indigenous community, corporate, philanthropic and fee-for-service investment into ICNRM enterprises. It is doing this through generating:

• Information sheets for policymakers, key influencers and Indigenous groups about key outcomes, issues and messages
• Investor-friendly guidance to understand ICNRM performance, impact, and future investment pathways
• Guidelines to adapt existing metrics and reporting to better reveal the multiple benefits of ICNRM
• Guidelines to adapt existing metrics and reporting to respond to the needs of Indigenous, corporate, philanthropic and government fee-for-service investors
• Scientific presentations and publications.

The project complements past research initiatives that address government investor priorities. Supporting ICNRM enterprises and their activities also contributes to wider strategic initiatives such as northern development.