SA Arid Lands Indigenous Ranger Gathering 2025 Indigenous Desert Alliance 2025-09-18 | Eight Indigenous Ranger teams from across the South Australian Arid Lands came together for three days of learning and knowledge sharing. Hosted by Arabana Elders and Rangers, the gathering took place on Finniss Springs, Arabana Country.
Checking Your DPF Indigenous Desert Alliance 2025-07-08 | When driving through desert country, it's important to stop regularly and check for trapped spinifex or grass in the DPF under the car. If not checked, the spinifex or grass can catch alight. Join Ngurrara rangers Thomas and Justin as they demonstrate what to do if you smell smoke in the car.The general commentary and information in the Indigenous Desert Alliance’s content does not substitute professional advice. Caution and judgement should be exercised when undertaking any activity displayed in our videos and any action taken based on the information provided is at the viewer’s discretion. The Indigenous Desert Alliance does not assume any responsibility for injuries or damage that may occur as a result of the information provided.
How to Change a Split Rim Tyre Indigenous Desert Alliance 2025-07-08 | Join the Ngurrara Ranger Team as they show you how to change a split rim tyre.Changing split rim tyres can be a dangerous activity and should be done by a professional mechanic or tyre fitter to avoid accidents. The general commentary and information in this video does not substitute professional advice. The use of caution and judgement should be exercised when undertaking any activity displayed in this video and any action taken based on the information provided in this video is at the viewer's discretion. The Indigenous Desert Alliance does not assume any responsibility for injuries or damages that may occur as a result of the information provided.
Arnirikunha Wadlu Nhiki (This Our Land) Indigenous Desert Alliance 2025-06-25 | The Arabana Rangers, who work across 69,000 square kilometres of South Australia's desert region, are dedicated to looking after Arabana Country and keeping Culture strong. In this video, follow their journey as they embark on a back-to-Country trip co-funded by the IDA Foundation. Elders and Rangers visit cultural sites and transfer vital knowledge for future generations.
2025 Desert Womens Leadership Trip Indigenous Desert Alliance 2025-06-17 | The Desert Women's Leadership Trip is an exchange for Indigenous women rangers. It offers them opportunities to grow as leaders while visiting the big city of Naarm / Melbourne. Over the course of the week, rangers engage in activities that help build confidence in public speaking and presenting.With thanks to IDA partner The Thin Green Line for hosting and facilitating this professional development opportunity.
Build a ranger base with Ngurrara Rangers Indigenous Desert Alliance 2025-02-18 | Join the Ngurrara Ranger Team as they begin construction of their dedicated ranger base on Ngurrara Country.
Looking After Country (Lyric Video) Indigenous Desert Alliance 2025-02-05 | Watch the lyric video for "Looking After Country" by Floodlights, James Range Band and The Pretty Littles.► CREDITSPerformers and Writers: @JamesRangeband, @Floodlights88 and @ThePrettyLittles Recorded at: CAAMA Studios, Alice SpringsEngineered by: Lloyd BarretMastered by: Joe Carra at Crystal MasteringVideo Production: Jemma Hollway, Bolster AgencyFootage Captured by: Sam Brumby►MORE INFOGuts Touring and the Indigenous Desert Alliance (IDA) have joined forces to celebrate the vital work of Indigenous desert rangers through a powerful rock-and-roll anthem recorded at CAAMA studios in Alice Springs titled "Looking After Country".Blending Pitjantjatjara and English, the song reflects the collaborative spirit of IDA’s mission to support Indigenous ranger teams looking after Australia’s desert regions.Inspired by the legendary Blackfella/Whitefella tour of 1986 and the raw energy of the 70s and 80s pub rock scene, Guts Touring combined cultural exchange with unforgettable performances in Alice Springs and the remote communities of Mutitjulu, Kaltukatjara, Tjukurla, Imengkwerne, Ntaria, Ltyentye Apurte and Utju.In 2024, Guts Touring brought together Melbourne bands Floodlights and The Pretty Littles for free live performances with local artists including Mutitjulu Band, Docker River Band, Highway 6 and Ltyentye Apurte Band featuring members of South East Desert Metal.The tour was solar-powered and operated under the Bush Music Fund, a charity supporting First Nations musicians in remote areas.
IDA Conference 2024 (Short) Indigenous Desert Alliance 2025-02-04 | "Out in the desert it's alive" Watch a short snapshot from the IDA Conference 2024, the largest gathering of Indigenous rangers in Australia. Palya!
IDA Conference 2024 Indigenous Desert Alliance 2025-02-04 | The IDA Conference took place on 12-14 November 2024 at Yulara, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and Katiti Petermann Indigenous Protected Area – the largest gathering of Indigenous rangers in Australia with 423 delegates from 54 ranger groups making the journey to the red centre. The conference theme this year was “A decade of connection”, to celebrate 10 years of connecting, learning and working together as an alliance and network. A big focus of the conference was strengthening the alliance, yarning about matters of regional importance, sharing information and most importantly, connecting with each other. “It was such a powerful thing to come together, all working for the same values. Caring for Country, continuing with Culture and supporting Community." Boyd Elston, IDA Chair
World Ranger Congress 2024 Indigenous Desert Alliance 2025-02-04 | In October, a delegation of four Indigenous desert rangers attended the World Ranger Congress in the French town of Hyeres on the Mediterranean coast – a momentous occasion for rangers and their organisations from across the world to gather and collaborate on issues affecting rangers globally.With thanks to IDA partner, Thin Green Line, for its support of Indigenous rangers making the long journey to southern France.
Talking Tyres Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-11-05 | Listen to Frankie from the Ngurrara Ranger team yarn up about different tyres you might encounter at your organisation and the different reasons why you might use them.
Nyangumarta Wika Muwarr Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-10-28 | Join Traditional Owners and the Nyangumarta Rangers as they workshop ways to share their good way desert fire story with the emerging global nature market and beyond.The IDA has been working to develop the Desert Habitat Method to provide desert land managers with a transparent, practical, and robust tool that can be used to evaluate large-scale land management programs occurring within Australia’s spinifex dominated desert regions.The Desert Habitat Method Trials Project is supported through funding from the Australian Government's Innovative Biodiversity Monitoring Program.
Waru Palya Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-10-28 | Join Traditional Owners and the Kiwirrkurra Rangers as they workshop ways to share their good way desert fire story with the emerging global nature market and beyond.The IDA has been working to develop the Desert Habitat Method to provide desert land managers with a transparent, practical, and robust tool that can be used to evaluate large-scale land management programs occurring within Australia’s spinifex dominated desert regions.The Desert Habitat Method Trials Project is supported through funding from the Australian Government's Innovative Biodiversity Monitoring Program.
Right Way Fire – Kiwirrkurra Story Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-10-28 | "I've been working as a ranger for four years, it's important because it helps us, connect to country and go out burning," says Scott West, Kiwirrkurra IPA Ranger. Join Traditional Owners and the Kiwirrkurra Rangers team as they share their waru palya - good fire story at Yawarangku supported by Desert Support Services and the Indigenous Desert Alliance (IDA).Right way fire is about the right people, in the right place and the right time burning country in a careful and culturally informed way to keep country healthy, protecting plants, animals and special places. The IDA's Right Way Fire program enables Traditional Owners to see, enjoy and access remote desert areas while sharing knowledge and looking after country using the key tool of fire.
Right Way Fire – Cliffords Story Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-10-15 | "The spirits get happy for us, seeing all of my people coming back," says Ngururrpa Ranger Clifford Sunfly.Join Clifford as he shares a yarn about the community of Yagga Yagga and a ranger burning trip through the beautiful desert country of Ngururrpa Indigenous Protected Area with support from Desert Support Services and the Indigenous Desert Alliance (IDA).Right way fire is about the right people, in the right place and the right time burning country in a careful and culturally informed way to keep country healthy, protecting plants, animals and special places. The IDA's Right Way Fire program enables Traditional Owners to see, enjoy and access remote desert areas while sharing knowledge and looking after country using the key tool of fire.
Far West Coast Rangers Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-10-14 | Come along with Far West Coast Rangers as they show you the work they do looking after sea and desert country!
Right Way Fire – Yagga Yagga Story Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-10-14 | "We share the same waterholes around Ngururrpa and Ngurra Kayanta, like our ancestors was walking," says Aaron Milner Ngururrpa IPA Ranger. Join the neighbouring Ngururrpa and Ngurra Kayanta rangers teams as they share their story of Yagga Yagga community, visit important sites and work together to burn and protect Country supported by Desert Support Services and the Indigenous Desert Alliance (IDA).Right way fire is about the right people, in the right place and the right time burning country in a careful and culturally informed way to keep country healthy, protecting plants, animals and special places. The IDA's Right Way Fire program enables Traditional Owners to see, enjoy and access remote desert areas while sharing knowledge and looking after country using the key tool of fire.
SA Arid Lands Indigenous Ranger Gathering 2024 Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-09-25 | Returning for its second year, the SA Arid Lands Indigenous Ranger Gathering brought Aboriginal Corporations and ranger programs together for three days of connecting, learning and sharing on Nukunu Country.The gathering included time for workshops on data collection technology, tracking and trapping techniques and a ranger-to-ranger session where rangers were able to speak openly as peers about their aspirations and challenges. Mostly, the gathering was about getting to know each other, which is done best around the campfire or at the breakfast table over a cup of tea.
Walking together to look after country Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-07-15 | A story about looking, listening and learning together to look after Wangkatha Country.At Morapoi Station on Wangkatha Country in the Goldfields of Western Australia, Traditional Owners and Indigenous rangers from Goldfields Aboriginal Community Services (GACS) guided Telstra staff through a profound five-day experience of connection to Country, culture, history and story.The IDA facilitated the process of exchange and connection, this involved GACS rangers and Telstra staff working together on recording video stories, including this short film, to the theme Keeping Culture Alive. The media component of the exchange also enabled GACS rangers to build on their storytelling and practical filmmaking skills.
Keeping the links connected Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-07-15 | Meet Goldfields Aboriginal Community Services (GACS) Rangers Priscilla Reynold and Caitlin Thomas sharing knowledge about Country to keep their traditions alive.At Morapoi Station on Wangkatha Country in the Goldfields of Western Australia, Traditional Owners and Indigenous rangers from GACS guided Telstra staff through a profound five-day experience of connection to Country, culture, history and story.The IDA facilitated the process of exchange and connection, this involved GACS rangers and Telstra staff working together on recording video stories, including this short film, to the theme Keeping Culture Alive. The media component of the exchange also enabled GACS rangers to build on their storytelling and practical filmmaking skills.
Kangaroo Tale Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-07-15 | A short tale about cooking up marlu tail on the coals.At Morapoi Station on Wangkatha Country in the Goldfields of Western Australia, Traditional Owners and Indigenous rangers from Goldfields Aboriginal Community Services (GACS) guided Telstra staff through a profound five-day experience of connection to Country, culture, history and story.The IDA facilitated the process of exchange and connection, this involved GACS rangers and Telstra staff working together on recording video stories, including this short film, to the theme Keeping Culture Alive. The media component of the exchange also enabled GACS rangers to build on their storytelling and practical filmmaking skills.
Right Way Fire – Training Story Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-07-15 | Indigenous desert rangers and Traditional Owners managing their country draw on a long tradition of burning expertise when doing right way fire work. The IDA's Right Way Fire program respects Indigenous knowledge and shares cultural and contemporary knowledge in the right way. Traditional Owners and rangers spend upwards of six months planning and training in preparation for the short season of cool conditions when it is safest to burn desert country.Indigenous Protected Areas across the Australian desert can be extremely remote. There is often no or very limited road access. So rangers work from the sky – and, where possible, the ground. The IDA's Right Way Fire program uses helicopters and incendiaries [fire starting devices] in combination with fine-scale ground burning using drip torches around sensitive areas. Join rangers and staff from Newhaven, Ngalurrtju, Kiwirrkurra and Yuendumu completing training in Incendiary Machine Operation (IMO) and Introduction to Prescribed burning at Newhaven Sanctuary.
Right Way Fire – Lizas Story Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-07-15 | "Really good making fire all around up here" says Luritja Traditional Owner Liza Mulda. Join Liza as she shares information about her grandfather's country and informs Anangu Luritjiku and Walungurru Ranger teams during a burning trip through the breathtaking Cleland Hills / Muruntji on Haast Bluff Aboriginal Land Trust supported by Central Land Council and the Indigenous Desert Alliance (IDA).Right way fire is about the right people, in the right place and the right time burning country in a careful and culturally informed way to keep country healthy, protecting plants, animals and special places. The IDA's Right Way Fire program enables Traditional Owners to see, enjoy and access remote desert areas while sharing knowledge and looking after country using the key tool of fire.
Right Way Fire Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-07-15 | The Australian landscape and ecosystems have been shaped by traditional fire management over thousands of years. Increasingly large wildfires fuelled by climate change are contributing to significant biodiversity loss in the desert. The IDA empowers Indigenous rangers to implement right-way fire on rangers’ Country. This is culturally informed fire management which results in outcomes that reflect traditional practice. The IDA enables Indigenous rangers to collaborate on the largest Indigenous-led, landscape-scale, fire management program in the world.Right-way fire is about what is left behind. The biodiversity, cultural heritage and communities of the desert are protected from destructive wildfires.
Arabana Media Training Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-06-28 | With lots of story ideas about Country and Culture up their sleeves, Arabana Rangers did some media training last month, so they can tell their own desert stories right way.
Fire and culture: on-country with the Ngurrara rangers [2021] Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-04-16 | Ngurrara rangers keep their culture strong and their country healthy by applying right way fire to their country in the Great Sandy Desert.The IDA and 10 Deserts Project team are proud to support their work.
Buffel Free (Pitjantjatjara) [2020] Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-04-16 | This video shows how if we all work together to manage Buffel grass in the desert, we can get our clean country back.
Buffel Free (English) [2020] Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-04-16 | This video shows how if we all work together to manage Buffel grass in the desert, we can get our clean country back.
The 10 Deserts Project [2020] Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-04-16 | The 10 Deserts Project is an exciting new Indigenous land management collaboration across Australia’s desert country.Sustaining the largest Indigenous-led connected conservation network on Earth, the project aims to keep Australia’s outback healthy for the benefit of the entire world.The project is led by Desert Support Services (DSS), part of the Central Desert Group, and involves some of Australia’s most successful Indigenous organisations supported by international and regional conservation partners.
COP28 Recap Indigenous Desert Alliance 2024-01-31 | IDA Deputy CEO Sam Murray and IDA Coordinator Jon Hodgetts attended COP28, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, to share the desert climate change story.The Australian desert makes up one-third of the country, and Indigenous ranger groups work hard to maintain its healthy ecosystems and cultural connections, the right way. Despite the vastness of the desert, there is little awareness and knowledge of the challenges that the climate crisis is causing in the desert.
Malleefowl Workshop 2023 Indigenous Desert Alliance 2023-12-15 | In October, Traditional Owners, Indigenous rangers and conservation groups from the Southern desert met over three days at Morapoi Station for the 2023 Malleefowl Workshop. The workshop enabled southern desert ranger teams to connect up, share local and cultural knowledge and work together on protecting Malleefowl, also known as Ngaṉamara or Gnow.
Mulyamiji March Indigenous Desert Alliance 2023-07-28 | The Great Desert Skink, also known as Mulyamiji, Tjakuṟa, Tjalapa, Warrana and Nampu is a lizard that lives on Aboriginal land and has strong connections to Tjukurpa.The Tjakuṟa is threatened due to wildfire and feral cats. But they also thrive where Indigenous rangers are looking after country.This film tells the story of 13 Indigenous desert ranger teams from the Northern Territory, Western Australia and South Australia who used their expert tracking skills throughout March 2023 to find burrows and collect scientific data as part of a new Indigenous-led National Recovery Plan for Tjakuṟa. This information will be used to monitor how the Tjakuṟa population changes over the next ten years.The IDA would like to thank all the Indigenous ranger teams, Traditional Owners and partners who are working together to look after the culturally significant and iconic Great Desert Skink including the following listed groups.Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park Rangers Mutijulu Community Rangers Kiwirrkurra Rangers Walungurru Rangers Warburton Rangers Tjakura Rangers Watarru RangersWiluna Martu Rangers Parnngurr Rangers Kaltukatjara RangersWarakurna Rangers Birriliburu Rangers Newhaven Rangers Ngalurrtju RangersUluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National ParkParks AustraliaAustralian Government - Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and WaterNESP Resilient Landscapes HubCentral Land CouncilNgaanyatjarra CouncilKanyirninpa Jukurrpa Anangu Pitjantjatjara YankunytjatjaraBush Heritage AustraliaDesert Support ServicesAustralian Wildlife Conservancy Voyages Indigenous Tourism AustraliaFilm by Kerenza Sunfly
Nyangumarta Rangers Looking After Black-footed Rock-wallaby Indigenous Desert Alliance 2023-05-18 | Watch the Nyangumarta Rangers in action as they setup Felixer grooming traps to control feral cat populations near Black-footed Rock-wallaby habitat.The Nyangumarta Rangers have contributed to the rediscovery of the threatened Black-footed Rock-wallaby as part of their work on country and continue to learn about their distribution.The rangers created this film to practice their storytelling skills and to share their knowledge. Thank you to the Indigenous Desert Alliance and Lotterywest for supporting this Ranger Development Program storytelling initiative.The Nyangumarta Rangers acknowledge the funding support from the National Indigenous Australians Agency and the Indigenous Protected Areas program.
Ranger Team Exchanges - IDA Conference 2022 Indigenous Desert Alliance 2023-03-29 | Watch participants from IDA Ranger Team Exchanges share stories of the invaluable experiences gained from spending time with other ranger groups. The presentations took place at the 2022 IDA Conference, delivered on Wednesday the 9th of November. Participating teams included:Warnpurru, Birriliburu and Kiwirrkurra – A platform for peer-to-peer learningGooniyandi and Kiwirrkurra Rangers – Bilby and Feral Cat ManagementNgururrpa and Nyul Nyul – Recording Cultural knowledge and looking for BilbiesAPY Warru and Nyikina Mangala Rangers – Learning to look after the Black-Footed Rock-WallabyThe annual IDA Conference is the largest gathering of Indigenous rangers in Australia. At the conference, we focus on strengthening the alliance, yarning about matters of regional importance, sharing information and most importantly, connecting with each other. In 2022, there were over 400 delegates from 50 ranger groups who made the journey to Yulara and Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park. Traditional Owners and Indigenous rangers discussed collaborative land management priorities for one-third of the Australian land mass. Looking after desert country is a big job, so it is vital that rangers continue to strengthen our knowledge, skills and connections in the traditions of our ancestors. Palya!
Ranger Development Program - IDA Conference 2022 Indigenous Desert Alliance 2023-03-28 | Watch Ranger Development Program presentations at the 2022 IDA Conference on Wednesday the 9th of November. The Ranger Development Program (RDP) supports the personal and professional development of desert rangers. The program can assist ranger teams to identify learning and skill development priorities and incorporate these into practical ranger-led projects. Ngururrpa, Nyangumarta and Ngurrara Ranger teams from the North-West of the desert presented their RDP project success stories.Ngururrpa Rangers provided an overview of their Cultural Mapping with Drones Project. Ngururrpa Women Rangers shared their project Engaging Young Women in Ranger Work. Nyangumarta Rangers talked about Transfer of Knowledge by Elders and Rangers to School Kids Project. Ngurrara Women Rangers presented on their project Getting the Warakurna Women to Fitzroy.Thank you to Lotterywest for supporting the Ranger Development Program and its activities.The annual IDA Conference is the largest gathering of Indigenous rangers in Australia. At the conference, we focus on strengthening the alliance, yarning about matters of regional importance, sharing information and most importantly, connecting with each other. In 2022, there were over 400 delegates from 50 ranger groups who made the journey to Yulara and Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park. Traditional Owners and Indigenous rangers discussed collaborative land management priorities for one-third of the Australian land mass. Looking after desert country is a big job, so it is vital that rangers continue to strengthen our knowledge, skills and connections in the traditions of our ancestors. Palya!
Ngurra Yulpararra Indigenous Desert Alliance 2023-02-21 | A film by the Ngururrpa Rangers about looking after country using drone mapping.“Our elders were using their minds to map out country, nowdays we have the drone to map out country” - Clifford Sunfly, Ngururrpa RangersThe Ngururrpa Rangers trained with Staf Smith from Right Place Geospatial at Balgo Community and Yagga Yagga in Western Australia to develop their drone operation skills. This was a big step forward for the Ngururrpa Rangers who are now planning to use a drone to map out landscapes and support their work looking after threatened species.This film was created by Kerenza Sunfly, a young Ngururrpa man, in collaboration with the Ngururrpa Rangers and the Indigenous Desert Alliance. Kerenza was inspired to show how rangers are using drones to map country the right way. Kerenza says that “operating drones out on country has been really important and has become very popular these past few years because it lets rangers see country like they’ve never seen before, it’s very useful and also very helpful to our elders.”Kerenza works with the media and ranger development teams at the Indigenous Desert Alliance.
IDA Conference 2022 (short) Indigenous Desert Alliance 2023-02-02 | "If you look after country, country looks after you!"Watch a short snapshot from the 2022 IDA Conference, the largest gathering of Indigenous rangers in Australia. Palya!
Tjakuṟa Workshop Indigenous Desert Alliance 2023-01-30 | During the 2022 IDA Conference, a workshop was held about looking after Tjakuṟa to share stories and activate discussion about the Indigenous-led National Recovery Plan for the Great Desert Skink. This recording shares Indigenous knowledge, scientific research and practical skills for Indigenous rangers working together to save this culturally significant desert animal. Expert trackers facilitated a field trip to Katiti-Petermann IPA to teach rangers how to identify active burrows.Thank you to Jeremy Kenny, Ranger Coordinator from Central Land Council's Tjakura Rangers for hosting the trip.Palya!
COP15 Walkthrough Indigenous Desert Alliance 2023-01-23 | Join Sam Murray from the Indigenous Desert Alliance as she walks through the United Nations Biodiversity COP15 Conference in Montréal, Canada.
Leg-hold traps for feral cats Indigenous Desert Alliance 2023-01-20 | Watch the Li-Anthawirriyarra Sea Rangers set leg-hold traps for feral cats. Special thanks to the Nyangumarta Rangers for making this film and the Kiwirrkurra Rangers and Traditional Owners for hosting this demonstration on the Kiwirrkurra IPA.
Surveying for Marsupial Mole Indigenous Desert Alliance 2023-01-20 | Watch the Nyangumarta Rangers survey for marsupial mole. Special thanks to the Kiwirrkurra Rangers and Traditional Owners for hosting this demonstration on the Kiwirrkurra IPA.
Surveying for Great Desert Skink Indigenous Desert Alliance 2023-01-20 | Watch how the Kiwirrkurra Rangers survey for Great Desert Skink. Special thanks to the Nyangumarta Rangers for making this film.
IDA Conference 2022 Indigenous Desert Alliance 2022-12-20 | The 2022 IDA Conference was the largest gathering of Indigenous rangers in Australia with 375 delegates from over 40 desert ranger teams making the journey to Yulara, Northern Territory. It was a special time, full of joy, laughs and passion. Rangers made their mob proud by speaking up for country and discussing Indigenous land management priorities for one-third of the Australian land mass. Ranger teams and their elders travelled long distances from across the desert to share stories about looking after country and we thank everyone for making the journey. Palya!
Short Teaser - IDA Ranger of the Year Awards 2022 Indigenous Desert Alliance 2022-11-28 | This is a short teaser video of the IDA Ranger of the Year Awards 2022. The evening celebration recognised the outstanding achievements of rangers from across the Australian desert and their commitment to looking after country. You can watch the full-length awards presentation from the IDA Conference here: youtu.be/LmN5kVNAkS8
IDA Ranger of the Year Awards 2022 Indigenous Desert Alliance 2022-11-28 | Watch the IDA Ranger of the Year Awards 2022. The evening celebration recognised the outstanding achievements of rangers from across the Australian desert and their commitment to looking after country.The 2022 awards were staged at Yulara in the Northern Territory, the township located near the iconic Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park. The awards were attended by 400 delegates from 50 ranger groups across the desert. The awards formed part of the 2022 IDA Conference, the largest gathering of Indigenous rangers in Australia, dedicated to strengthening knowledge, skills and connections between Indigenous land management organisations and rangers. Men and women ranger award recipients included: - Kevin Malthouse, Tjuwanpa Rangers, Emerging Ranger of the Year (Male)- Kitana Shaw, Aputula Rangers, Emerging Ranger of the Year (Female)- Sam Stuart, Arabana Rangers, Ranger of the Year (Male) - Bronwen Cavanagh, Ltyentye Apurte Rangers, Ranger of the Year (Female)- Paul Carnegie, Warnpurru, Senior Ranger of the Year (Male)- Jeannie (Langaliki) Robin, Walalkara IPA Rangers, Senior Ranger of the Year (Female) - Aaron Eulenstein: Gingirana Rangers, Ranger Coordinator of the Year
Environmental Resilience Program Cross-Project Exchange - IDA Conference 2022 Indigenous Desert Alliance 2022-11-17 | Watch Environmental Resilience Program representatives from the Boreal, Resilient Reefs, and Tierra Austral at the 2022 IDA Conference on Wednesday the 9th of November. The annual IDA Conference is the largest gathering of Indigenous rangers in Australia. At the conference, we focus on strengthening the alliance, yarning about matters of regional importance, sharing information and most importantly, connecting with each other. In 2022, there were over 400 delegates from 50 ranger groups who made the journey to Yulara and Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park. Traditional Owners and Indigenous rangers discussed collaborative land management priorities for one-third of the Australian land mass. Looking after desert country is a big job, so it is vital that rangers continue to strengthen our knowledge, skills and connections in the traditions of our ancestors. Palya!
The Hon Chansey Paech - IDA Conference 2022 Indigenous Desert Alliance 2022-11-16 | Watch Chansey Paech's keynote address to delegates at the 2022 IDA Conference, delivered on Tuesday the 8th of November. The annual IDA Conference is the largest gathering of Indigenous rangers in Australia. At the conference, we focus on strengthening the alliance, yarning about matters of regional importance, sharing information and most importantly, connecting with each other. In 2022, there were over 400 delegates from 50 ranger groups who made the journey to Yulara and Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park. Traditional Owners and Indigenous rangers discussed collaborative land management priorities for one-third of the Australian land mass. Looking after desert country is a big job, so it is vital that rangers continue to strengthen our knowledge, skills and connections in the traditions of our ancestors. Palya!
