We also invest in partnering with Aboriginal groups who are themselves landowners – often of vast estates. We help with developing and implementing Healthy Country Plans that seek to achieve conservation goals while creating jobs and livelihood on Country to ensure the viability of long-term conservation work.
Our 24 active Aboriginal partnerships now encompass 4.9 million hectares of land being protected for conservation.
Established: 2014
Area: 1.2 million hectares / 1,200 km²
Location: 450 km east of Darwin, 230 km east of Jabiru
Guruwiling (Arafura Swamp) is the largest freshwater ecosystem in Arnhem Land. We support the Arafura Swamp Rangers developing governance and administrative capacity as well as conservation planning.
Established: 2011
Area: 6,600,000 hectares
Location: 900 km NW of Perth, 500 km SW of of Port Headland
The Birriliburu Indigenous Protected Area covers a section of the Little Sandy and Gibson Deserts that's roughly the size of Tasmania. Traditional Owners are the Martu people, whose ranger program employs locals from Wiluna and surrounds.
Established: 2014
Area: 650,000 hectares
Location: Central-west Kimberley, north of Fitzroy Crossing
Bunuba Country includes Giekie Gorge, Tunnel Creek and Windjana Gorge National Parks. Their Native Title rights were recognised in 2012 and we're working with the Bunuba Dawangarri Aboriginal Corporation on their Healthy Country Plan.
Established: 2006
Location: Far North Qld
Cape York Peninsula is one of the largest ecologically-intact, tropical, Indigenous domains on earth and is home to more than 10,000 Aboriginal people from 50 diverse language groups. Since 2006 we've worked with the Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation on an over‑arching strategy, which included assessments and planning with clans (the Kaandju, Umpila, Lama Lama and Ayapathu) in the Coen sub‑region.
Established: 2009
Area: 22,350 hectares
Location: Central-western NSW, 95km north of Hillston
For Ngiyampaa Wangaaypuwan people Mawonga Station is a significant part of their traditional Country. Through the Winangakirri Aboriginal Corporation, Mawonga was purchased on their behalf with funds from the Commonwealth Government National Reserve System program and the Indigenous Land Corporation. We've helped with the property purchase, ecological assessments and their management plan.
Established: 2015
Area: 800,000
Location: Cape York, Queensland
The Olkola Aboriginal Corporation secured one of the largest transfers of Aboriginal freehold land when over 700,000 hectares was returned to them in 2014. We've supported development of a Healthy Country Plan and we're working together on a long-term project to protect the Golden-shouldered Parrot.
Established: 2007
Area: 1.4 million hectares / 1,400 km²
Location: 230km east of Darwin, 30km west of Jabiru
We've supported the development and implemention of a plan of management for the Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area. This will ensure the sustainable management of the region for conservation, and the protection of important cultural sites under the direction of the Nawardekken Traditional Owners.
Established: 2011
Area: 759,806 ha (Uunguu IPA stages 1 and 2)
Location: 600km north east of Derby
The land and waters of the Wunambal Gaambera covers an incredible 2.5 million hectares of white sandy beaches, rocky escarpments and rugged gorges. We've helped create a Healthy Country Plan and support works on the ground.