Northern Tanami Indigenous Protected Area - fact sheet
Australian Government Department of the Environment and Water Resources, April
2007
© Commonwealth of Australia
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Where the desert meets sub-tropical savannah, the plains and wetlands of the Northern Tanami Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) are teeming with life.
Covering around 40,000 square kilometres of the northern Tanami Desert, this vast IPA is managed from the small community of Lajamanu in the Northern Territory, 900 kilometres south of Darwin.
The IPA supports more than 30 threatened species of plants, and includes vast areas of hummock grassland which is otherwise poorly protected in the Northern Territory.
The declaration of the IPA will provide employment opportunities for the Wulaign Rangers and will build on their specialist land management skills which have already won them contracts with government and the regional mining industry.
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