Governance principles for natural resource management

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Sustainable natural resource use and management make novel demands on governance arrangements, the design of which requires normative guidance. Although governance principles have been developed for diverse contexts, their availability for sustainable natural resource governance is so far limited. In response, we present a suite of governance principles for natural resource governance that, while developed in an Australian multi-level context, has general applicability and significance at local, sub-national and national scales. The principles can be used to direct the design of governance institutions that are legitimate, transparent, accountable, inclusive and fair and that also exhibit functional and structural integration, capability and adaptability. Together, they can also serve as a platform for developing governance monitoring and evaluation instruments, crucial for both self-assessment and external audit purposes.