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'Sky Rangers' take flight: Award-winning image celebrates Indigenous leadership on Country
A powerful image capturing Indigenous rangers protecting Country from the skies...
Nicole Brown 19 Jun 2026
Arnhem Land's newest IPA celebrated near Bulman
A major new Indigenous Protected Area has been formally dedicated in south-centr...
Dechlan Brennan 15 Jun 2026
Indigenous Desert Alliance welcomes WA government funding for globally significant fire program
Key points: Indigenous Desert Alliance welcomes the WA government's $5. 3million...
Giovanni Torre 11 Jun 2026
National Environment Week drives local action across Samoa
Samoa has launched new biodiversity, invasive species and environmental communic...
Rebekah Rasmussen 26 May 2026
Community calls for Barrambin protection before Olympic works
Indigenous Elders and community supporters gathered at Barrambin, Victoria Park...
Joseph Guenzler 26 May 2026
Indigenous rangers discover Boorloo / Perth Hills population of rare native fish thought to be extinct

Key points:- A native fish species, the Balston's pygmy perch was thought to be locally extinct before this discovery- Bibbul Ngarma Aboriginal Association's BoorYul-Bah-Bilya Program aims to address...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 25, 2026
Cultural burn helps restore koala habitat on Gumbaynggirr Country

Cultural burning is helping restore koala habitat on Gumbaynggirr Country on the NSW North Coast. Traditional Custodians and project partners delivered a low-intensity cultural burn at Narlu, a privat...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler May 21, 2026
'If we don't look after Country, we won't have anything' - Maaman Marra Boodja founder Clint Hansen shares traditional knowledge of the land

The TAAM project (Transformational Aboriginal Agricultural Methods) works with traditional owners and farmers in regional communities to address drought resilience, exploring ways we can improve soil...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 11, 2026
Traditional Owners blame Rio Tinto groundwater pumping for drying sacred Pilbara waterhole

Yarrala, a waterhole in Western Australia's West Pilbara where Robe River Kuruma women once gave birth, has dried out and filled with red pindan earth, with Traditional Owners blaming Rio Tinto's grou...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark May 7, 2026
Partnership sees Yolŋu Rangers lead education rethink

In northeast Arnhem Land education is being reimagined. Not through policy reform or curriculum adjustment, but through a rethink of how learning is recognised, delivered and valued.

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown May 5, 2026
Partnership extension supports Aboriginal foundation’s expansion of cultural land management

The Aboriginal Carbon Foundation has renewed its partnership with general insurer IAG to continue strengthening community resilience as the risk of bushfire increases.

Callan Morse Callan Morse May 1, 2026
Cultural heritage key as vast Pilungah Reserve permanently protected from mining, logging and grazing

A significant stretch of Country in north-western Queensland - about twice the size of Magandjin / Brisbane - has been granted the highest level of legal protection for private land in Australia.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 28, 2026
National Indigenous Disaster Resilience Gathering explores vital lessons from First Nations knowledge

With an uncertain climate future ahead, the resilience and millennia of knowledge of First Peoples is being prioritised and canvassed as potentially holding some answers as environmental disaster thre...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Apr 27, 2026
Indigenous-led cultural burning program expands across NSW and ACT

An Indigenous-led cultural burning research program will be expanded across parts of New South Wales and the ACT. First Nations communities, the Australian National University and the NSW Government's...

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Apr 27, 2026
NSW Aboriginal Land Council lodges formal complaint with Human Rights Commission over government plans to change Land Rights system

The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council has formally lodged a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission regarding the government's proposed Crown Land Management Amendment (Statutory R...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 22, 2026
Fiji pushes geospatial investment at Pacific regional forum

Fiji has used a regional meeting in Nadi to push geospatial, surveying and hydrographic systems as core infrastructure for climate resilience, land management and maritime protection across the Pacifi...

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Rebekah Rasmussen Apr 22, 2026
Aboriginal Land Management training helping next generation work on Country

When Worimi Elder Michelle Perry took part in specialised Indigenous land management training, the influence it had on younger generations inspired her to go out on her own to take it further.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Apr 15, 2026
Drastic caribou decline sparks urgent talks between Indigenous leaders and Quebec officials

Indigenous leaders in Quebec are weighing measures to address the decline in Caribou numbers. The Leaf River caribou population in the north of the Canadian province have been in drastic decline in re...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 3, 2026
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