kaitiakitanga

kaitiakitanga
Ethic of decision-making authority over a particular natural resource. Those who used a resource were also kaitiaki of that resource. The sustainable use, management and control of natural and physical resources that are carried out to the mutual benefit of people and resources.

Maori-English dictionary. 2008.

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