| Case study | Key organizations | Key instruments for the Indigenous engagement | Forms of IEK |
| Indigenous-governed collaborations IG | |||
| Murray and Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN) | Indigenous Nations of the Murray and Lower Darling | Constitution of the Murray Lower Darling River Indigenous Nations | Indigenous use and occupancy mapping, cultural heritage sites assessments |
| Northern Australia Land and Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA) | NAILSMA Board | Heads of Agreement between Kimberley Land Council, Northern Land Council and Balkanu | On-country digital video recording, language posters of ethnobotany and zoology |
| Indigenous-driven co-governance ICoG | |||
| Cape York Caring for Country | Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation | Cape York Agenda of the Cape York Institute and partners | On-country digital video recording, digital databases |
| Dhimurru IPA, Sea Country Plan | Dhimurru Land Management Aboriginal Corporation | Indigenous Protected Areas within the National Reserve System | Art, language, story, on-country knowledge transmission |
| Djabugay Indigenous Land Management Techniques | Djabugay Tribal Aboriginal Corporation | Indigenous customary law/lore | Photographic recording, on-country knowledge transmission |
| Djelk Rangers | Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation | Northern Land Council Rangers Program; also now an IPA | Indigenous fire management, art, language |
| Kimberley Appropriate Economies Roundtable | KLC, ACF, EK Steering Committee | Kimberley Land Council, Australian Conservation Foundation and Environs Kimberley Letter of Agreement 2004 | Art, language, photographic recording |
| Lake Condah Sustainable Development Project | Winda Mara Aboriginal Corporation | Aboriginal Land (Lake Condah and Framlingham Forest) Act 1987 (Cth) | Cultural and archaeological site recording |
| Miriuwung-Gajerrong Cultural Planning | MG Corporation | Ord Final Agreement; MG native title determinations | Art, language, on-country knowledge transmission |
| Ngarrindjeri Nation Sea Country Plan | Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority | South-east Regional Marine Plan; Regional Partnership Agreement | Indigenous use and occupancy mapping |
| Victorian Native Title Settlement Framework | Victorian Traditional Owner Land Justice Group | Indigenous Management Agreements under the Framework | Indigenous knowledge of rights over country |
| Agency-driven co-governance ACoG | |||
| Cape York Peninsula Tenure Resolution | CYP Tenure Resolution Implementation Group | Cape York Land Use Heads of Agreement; Cape York Peninsula Heritage Act 2007 (Qld) | On-country knowledge transmission, site documentation |
| Desert Livelihoods InlandTM | Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre | Sustainable Livelihoods Framework, research agreements between partners | On-country transmission, co-research, scientists and Indigenous peoples |
| Eastern Kuku-Yalanji ILUA | Jabalbina Aboriginal Corporation | Native Title Acts | On-country transmission, photos/documents |
| Healthy Country, Healthy People | Joint Australian and Northern Territory Government Steering Committee | Schedule 2.5 to the Overarching Agreement on Indigenous Affairs | Rangers, on-country transmission, photo/documents |
| Mutawintji National Park | Mutawintji Board of Management | Mutawintji National Park Lease (agreement) | On-country transmission, cultural heritage site recording |
| Urannah Station | Indigenous Land Corporation; Urannah Property Association | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005 | On-country transmission |
| Wet Tropics Regional Agreement | Rainforest Aboriginal Consultative Committee | Wet Tropics Regional Agreement, Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993 (Qld) | Indigenous cultural mapping, digital databases |
| Agency governance AG | |||
| Indigenous Conservation Program | The Wilderness Society | Native Title and Protected Areas Policy | On-country transmission |
| Mornington Sanctuary | Australian Wildlife Conservancy | Voluntary conservation plans | Plans based on western science |
| Wild Rivers Declarations and Rangers | Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management | Wild Rivers Act 2005 (Qld) | On-country transmission, river surveys |