What would Kalan wetlands look like without feral pigs? That's the question Hub researcher Justin Perry from the CSIRO and the Kalan rangers are asking. The Rangers are setting up an experiment to compare fenced wetlands, which have been protected from threats, to unfenced sites.

Our water places are special, for our Jukurrpa and for all Yapa including plants and animals. Northern Tanami Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) committee members directed the CLC to re-imagine their IPA Plan of Management, an English-heavy guide book for looking after the IPA. …

Twenty-nine mammal species have become extinct since European settlement - more than 10% of Australia’s endemic mammal fauna. Native mammals have been in broad scale decline across northern Australia, however the mammal populations on Bathurst Island near Darwin in the …

The Bardi Jawi Rangers show us the different tasks they perform, for looking after the country.

A large proportion of the Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin in the Northern Territory, are burnt every year, releasing significant amounts of carbon dioxide and other Greenhouse gases into the air. Tiwi Islanders and CSIRO are working together on the Tiwi Carbon Study to develop a …

In a remote part of Australia live some rare and threatened animals. One such animal is the shy bilby. Once common across Australian deserts, the bilby is now endangered. It’s last stronghold in the wild is in Martu country. Martu people are the traditional owners for this …

In July 2021 the Kiwirrkurra rangers drove 2000km across from the Gibson Desert (WA) to the Gulf of Carpentaria (NT) to meet with the li-Anthawirriyarra sea rangers. This exchange was sponsored by the Indigenous Desert Alliance and enabled the two ranger groups to exchange …

Reading the Country is a series created by Warlpiri knowledge holders from the Northern and Southern Tanami Indigenous Protected Ares with the Central Land Council.