National parks provide a useful practical example of workable co-operative land management.
The example of national parks is particularly relevant to native title because recognition of native title raises as many issues about control and management of national parks as it does in other areas of land management. The NTA provides for the validation of past acts and reservations which created national parks and in so doing it accomodates the potential for the co-existence of native title. In practical terms, Indigenous peoples' interaction with and management of ecosystems is compatible with the aims of nature conservation and regeneration that inspire the establishment of national parks. I believe that the co-existence of native title and national parks will produce outcomes that will benefit all Australians, but before this outcome can be achieved it is necessary to correct some popular misconceptions that structure this debate. These views arise from the same logic as terra nullius .