Healthy Country Plans (HCP's) express an Indigenous community’s aspirations and provide a powerful tool to engage more meaningfully with stakeholders and partners, allowing them to integrate a community’s priorities from the outset of their engagement.

Experiences from across Australia have shown how HCP's helped Indigenous communities engage more meaningfully with Government Departments, philanthropy and research institutions. Conservation organisations could better align their priorities with those of local communities, and HCP's allowed science programs to address real-life knowledge gaps on the ground with their research.
To learn from a real-life example, have a look at this case study to hear from the Bardi Jawi Rangers in the Kimberley region of Western Australia and their experience engaging in marine research projects.