This project report was commissioned by CYPLUS to evaluate and compare different stratiegies for land use on the Cape York Peninsula on a variety of fronts. The report compares the Ecologically Sustainable Development model, the Economically Sustainable Development model, the Catchment Management Model, the Regional Planning Models, the Integrated Regional Environmental Development Planning Model, the Performance Based Planning Model, the Indigineous Participation Models, and the Community Based Management Models. These models were evaluated on their origins, principles, structure anc content, their status within government, their implementation status, interrelated concepts and models, the model's strengths and weaknesses, and its implications for the Cape York Peninsula and these are compared in the final section of the report.