38Indigenous engagement

38 Indigenous engagement

(1) The project plan must include a description of any engagement with Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders that has occurred in relation to the design and proposed implementation of the project. (2) If the replanting project will include, or be informed by, Indigenous knowledge or values, or Indigenous data, in relation to the project’s design or implementation, the project plan must also include: (a) a description of how the project design and implementation includes or is informed by Indigenous knowledge or values, or Indigenous data; and (b) information, including supporting evidence, that demonstrates that the project proponent has, and will continue to: (i) obtain the appropriate attribution for, and consent for the use of, that knowledge or those values or data; and (ii) use culturally appropriate approaches for the collection, interpretation, use, recording and governance of that knowledge or those values or data.