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Traditional land management practices in Northern Australia have included burning the landscape to replenish the land and reduce the chance of devastating wildfire.
An exciting new partnership is putting some of northern Australia’s most pristine grasslands in the hands of the Indigenous Australians who have traditionally managed the country for generations.
The Djelk IPA was declared by Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts Peter Garrett MP. White Cockatoo dancers prepare for the arrival of Peter Garrett MP © Peter Eve
The Conservancy has teamed up with local Indigenous Landholders and the Australian Government to conserve over 5 million acres of land in Northern Australia.
Conservancy scientist James Fitzsimons—here shown monitoring small rodents—was one of the report’s authors © Zoe Davies/The Nature Conservancy
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Geoffrey Lipsett-Moore with local villagers during a traditional singsing welcoming ceremony for TNC staff and Asia Pacific Council members at Tarobi village on the Kimbe Bay coast in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The village is a participant in the Locally Managed Marine Area (LMMA) plan which is part of the Marine Protected Area network supported by the work of The Nature Conservancy in Papua New Guinea. © Mark Godfrey
North Australia Program Director Geoff Lipsett-Moore is no stranger to danger — learn about the sacrifices he’s made for science.
A family, members of the Noongar Aboriginal group, photographed on aboriginal lands in the Gondwana Link project area of Western Australia. Photograph taken for The Nature Conservancy's Design For A Living World project, exhibit and book. © Ami Vitale
The Conservancy is helping Australia's Aboriginal people reconnect with their ancestral lands for the sake of nature and communities.
Noongar leader Eugene Eades’ personal account of the importance of land to Aboriginal people. Read more
The Conservancy supports a wide array of public conservation projects throughout Australia. These projects protect land while providing for people.
In the heart of the deserts of central Australia, the Conservancy has teamed up to purchase nearly 1.7 million acres of critical habitat.
Delta of Warburton Creek and Macumba River where they flow through Warburton Groove (distant left) to Lake Eyre, showing riparian wetland vegetation and floodwaters backing up into a saline inlets and salinas, Kalamurina Station/Wildlife Sanctuary, Lake Eyre Basin, norththeast South Australia. © Wayne Lawler/EcoPix
A rare flood has triggered an explosion of life in the barren Red Centre of Australia. Tens of thousands of birds have descended upon Lake Eyre to partake in a breeding and feeding frenzy.
A knob-tailed gecko (Nephrurus levis) forages at night on the sandy floor of the spinifex hummock grassland (RE 5.6.5), near the Field River (Gnallan-a-Gea Creek) floodplain, Ethabuka Reserve, Queensland, Australia. © Wayne Lawler/Ecopix courtesy of Australian Bush Heritage Fund
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Learn how fire is improving life at Fish River Station.
Hear and see the connection between Aboriginal people and the lands of their ancestors.
The Djelk IPA was declared by Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts Peter Garrett MP. White Cockatoo dancers prepare for the arrival of Peter Garrett MP © Peter Eve
Northern Australia: Indigenous Australians Preserve the Past
A knob-tailed gecko (Nephrurus levis) forages at night on the sandy floor of the spinifex hummock grassland (RE 5.6.5), near the Field River (Gnallan-a-Gea Creek) floodplain, Ethabuka Reserve, Queensland, Australia. © Wayne Lawler/Ecopix courtesy of Australian Bush Heritage Fund
See some of the amazing species that call Australia home.
Mineral stains color a dry salt lake bed in the Great Western Woodlands of southern Western Australia. Comprising more then 39 million acres, The Great Western Woodlands is the largest temperate woodland and heathland left on earth. The woodlands form a critical connection between the wetter south west forests and dryer inland desert. The Nature Conservancy is working with Australian partners to preserve and protect this important ecoregion. ©Mark Godfrey/The Nature Conservancy
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