Senior traditional owners have tasked the North Tanami Ranger group with implementing their land management aspirations and priorities. Traditional land management has been coupled with work directed at addressing contemporary land management issues. To date ranger group …

Traditional owners worked alongside CLC staff over 15 years to plan and implement management of the Northern Tanami IPA which was declared at a ceremony in Lajamanu in 2007. A management committee oversees planning and decision making for all aspects of the IPA. Membership …

This film was created during a collaborative project between CSIRO and Aboriginal rangers, organisations and community people from five locations in Queensland and the Northern Territory. 'Unwelcome Strangers' focuses on weed issues faced by Arrarnta people in central …

Warru, or black-footed rock-wallaby, is one of South Australia's most endangered mammals. In 2007, when numbers dropped below 200 in the APY Lands in the remote north-west of the State, the Warru Recovery Team was formed to help save the precious species from extinction. Bringing …

The deterioration of the land is felt by Pianamu (Rainbow Serpent), and under Kaanju law if proper land management is not carried out, Pianamu will not allow the land to be sustainable.

Yapa have gained an intimate and intricate understanding of the ecology of country in the IPA through thousands of years of observation and practice. Learn about our animals and who looks after them. Northern Tanami Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) committee members directed …

In a remote part of Western Australia lives an endangered species of rock wallaby. Although known to the local Martu people, this population of endangered species was one of the last known populations in the Western Desert. Constantly hunted by feral predators, particularly …

Marine turtle and dugong are priority species for the Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation's Uunguu Rangers as well as federal conservation management plans. A new way to monitor these populations has been developed by the project team using a boat-based methodology. The team …