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Kosciuszko’s oldest heritage deserves a voice
There is something badly missing from the increasingly heated debate about feral...
Richard Swain 8 Oct 2026
Indigenous rangers play crucial role in discovering bilbies in desert oasis
Western Australia's Karajarri Rangers have conducted the first camera survey of...
Callan Morse 7 Oct 2026
Pacific can't be a 'sacrifice zone', as advocates urge action to end fossil fuels era
The Pacific cannot be a "sacrifice zone" for the impacts of climate change, Indi...
Dechlan Brennan 7 Oct 2026
More than 250 kiwi returned to Wellington through community project
Kiwi have returned to the hills surrounding Wellington in Aotearoa / New Zealand...
Joseph Guenzler 6 Oct 2026
Environmentalists sue Trump administration to prevent deep-sea mining in American Samoan waters
Pasifika environmentalists are taking court action against the Trump administrat...
Andrew Mathieson 6 Oct 2026
Calls for action on Buffel grass continue as El Niño summer looms

Ahead of a hot, dry and dangerous summer, Taigen Ryan is fearful of having to say "I told you so" if a buffel grass tinder box is set alight.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Oct 5, 2026
What the world can learn from the Pacific

Many of the challenges Pacific peoples have navigated for generations are now becoming global challenges. As the world confronts climate change, environmental degradation, food insecurity and growing...

Malind-Anim Indigenous people lose West Papuan forest court battle under Indonesian law

A court has rejected the Malind-Anim Indigenous community's legal challenge to protect a West Papuan ancestral forest from a planned agricultural development.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 24, 2026
Traditional Owners leading research on how Cultural Fire and Indigenous Knowledge Systems can strengthen climate resilience

Traditional Owners across Queensland are leading research on Country to better understand how Cultural Fire and Indigenous Knowledge Systems can strengthen climate resilience, support healthier grazin...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Sep 22, 2026
'Better outcomes for waterways and Country': DJAARA releases first Environmental Water Plan

The collaborative use of traditional knowledge and western science promises stronger outcomes for Country and its waterways, a major Victorian Aboriginal representative body says as it unveils it's ne...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Sep 17, 2026
Caring for Country: Indigenous rangers and other land stewards gather for WA's first Statewide Joint Management Forum

More than 160 Traditional Owners, Aboriginal Rangers and WA Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions staff gathered in Boorloo / Perth this week for Western Australia's first Statewide...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 17, 2026
Protectors of the Amazon strengthen their forest defence at activism convention

Indigenous voices of South America have demonstrated a range of activism and advocacy instruments and strategies to protect the Amazon rainforest and their territories.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 16, 2026
First Nations ranger knowledge reveals threats facing Northern Territory green turtles

First Nations ranger groups working in protected areas have identified illegal commercial fishing as a major concern for the Northern Territory's green turtle populations, a study led by Charles Darwi...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Sep 11, 2026
Western Arrernte artist turns buffel grass into powerful environmental message

A new art exhibition in Mparntwe / Alice Springs is using one of Central Australia's most damaging invasive weeds to highlight the disappearance of traditional bush foods.

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Sep 10, 2026
Traditional knowledge helps reveal reef and mangrove connection

A decade-long partnership between Bardi Jawi rangers and Australian marine scientists has confirmed the important connection between mangrove and reef ecosystems in Western Australia's Kimberley regio...

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Sep 7, 2026
WA heritage department asks City of Busselton for more information on Aboriginal site clearing

Western Australia's heritage department has asked the City of Busselton for more information on proposed works overlapping a registered Aboriginal heritage site.

Water Act needs 'major rewrite' to include First Nations rights, advocates say

With a review of the federal Water Act underway, the Gamilaroi Water Carriers - Elder Traditional Owner women based in Moree, New South Wales - have come together "because the voices of the Northern B...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 3, 2026
Traditional Owners urge federal government to recognise and respect water rights in Act review

Indigenous Nations-led and governed water organisations have united to call on the Australian Government to deliver a stronger national vision for water reform through the review of the Water Act 2007...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 1, 2026
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