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Geoffrey Lipsett-Moore (Geoff); The Nature Conservancy's Northern Australia Program Director; Shaun Ansell, manager for the Fish River Station project; John Daly, an aboriginal elder whose ancestors have lived on the Fish River lands for thousands of years and Terry Nimmit,a member of the local indigenous community at Fish River Station in Australia's Northern Territory. © Ted Wood
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