Working on Country funded projects
Select a project from the map or links below.
1. Managing the Laynhapuy Indigenous Protected Area
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
The Yirralka Ranger land and sea management group established in 2003 has natural and cultural resource management responsibilities within the Laynhapuy Indigenous Protected Area. The area is home to 39 species listed as threatened under various laws. The Working on Country project will extend over 6,900 square kilometres, including 630 kilometres of coastline. Six Indigenous workers will be employed to provide environmental services including managing access to culturally significant sites; surveying and controlling feral buffalo and pigs; surveying and controlling weed infestations; monitoring marine turtles and dugongs; protecting turtle nesting areas; and implementing a fire management program.
2. Anindilyakwa Rangers, Groote Eylandt
Courtesy of the Anindilyakwa Land Council
Photo by Simon Hartley
Under their Working on Country contract, the Anindilyakwa Land Council's rangers will provide environmental services across 3,000 square kilometres of land and 500 kilometres of coastline around the Groote Eylandt archipelago. Groote is a relatively well preserved and bio-diverse environment as it is free of many of the pests and weeds that are altering and damaging the Top End's ecosystems. Through the contract, seven Indigenous rangers will be employed to undertake environmental activities that aim to protect these unique values through identifying and monitoring threatened species such as the northern hopping mouse, northern quolls and turtles; controlling feral cats; protecting turtle nesting areas; monitoring and managing weeds; and monitoring and collecting marine debris.
3. Li-Anthawirriyarra Sea Ranger Unit
li-Anthawirriyarra Sea Ranger Unit
Courtesy of Mabunji Aboriginal Resource Association Inc.
Yanyuwa country includes the Sir Edward Pellew Islands and the riverine and coastal areas of the southwest Gulf of Carpentaria. Yanyuwa traditional owners established li-Anthawirriyarra (people of the sea) Sea Ranger Unit as a means for managing this vast estate. What started out as a surveillance and monitoring operation by the Sea Ranger Unit has evolved into a role involving longer term planning and sea management issues in this remote region. The unit works closely with Mabunji Aboriginal Resource Association. Under the project, five people will be employed to provide environmental services that include: monitoring and managing heritage sites such as Macassan camps; monitoring and managing turtle and dugong populations; and surveying, mapping and eradicating feral animals.
4. Implementing priority environmental actions for North-West, Tennant Creek, Western and Central Regions
Tjuwanpa Rangers
Courtesy of William Dobbie, Central Land Council
The Central Land Council manages regions that include a number of biodiversity hotspots including biologically significant wetlands, sites of botanical significance and areas containing many threatened species. Under the Land Council's Working on Country contract 15 Indigenous people will be employed to actively participate in managing an area of almost 190,000 square kilometres, providing environmental services that include fire management; threatened species management; weed control and mapping; feral animal surveying and control; and cultural site management.
5. Dhimurru Working on Country project
Courtesy of Dhimurru Land Management Corporation
The Dhimurru Land Management Aboriginal Corporation has been operating as a community-based land and sea management organisation in north-east Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory since 1992. The Corporation manages more than 1,000 square kilometres of land in the region, including a 300 kilometre coastline. The Dhimurru Working on Country project will involve six Indigenous workers providing a range of essential environmental services in the region. Among these are addressing threats to the endangered Gove crow butterfly; research into and eradication of the yellow crazy ant; participating in marine turtle rescue, recovery and collaborative research; identifying new weed infestations; undertaking heritage surveys to identify Macassan sites; conducting fauna surveys to begin measuring the impact of the cane toad invasion threat abatement plan; and mapping sea grass beds.
6. Djelk Land Management Extension
In the north central region of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, the Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation established the Djelk Rangers. These rangers represent the various language groups of the region and assist Traditional Owners with their land management needs and concerns. The rangers' work covers 10,000 square kilometres of land, including 180 kilometres of coastline. The Djelk Rangers' project will extend the current work of rangers to include: further fire management; weed management; feral animal control; and cultural heritage work. Twelve Indigenous rangers will be employed on these activities.
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