Landcare Australia

📖Learning with children about First Nations perspectives including Indigenous seasons and weather knowledge, yarning circles, how to plant a bushtucker garden, and so much is made easy with Junior Landcare’s First Nations perspectives learning activities. Created by First Nations educator Adam Ship, and aligned to the school curriculum, the activities and videos on the Junior Landcare website are a great resource for everyone to learn together about First Nations perespectives. Learn more here: 👉🏾https://lnkd.in/gairmN2 #NAIDOC #NAIDOCWEEK #NAIDOC2024 #KeepTheFireBurning🖤💛❤️💚💙🤍

🍃🏆Ecological Impact Award: Applications open between 1 June and close 31 July 2024 🌏🔬Recognising applied ecological research projects and collaborations between researchers and practitioners (people engaged in managing, planning and/or researching the natural environment). 🌏🧪Promoting and upscaling on-ground outcomes based on robust ecological science. 🏆✈️The prize includes funded attendance for two people to attend the The Ecological Society of Australia’s Annual Conference (registration, flights and accommodation to the value of $5,000) and give a joint Plenary as part of the Practitioner Engagement Symposium. ✍🏼Enter: https://lnkd.in/dN9hSZp4

🍃What does it mean to be land smart? Check out this insightful discussion about how we can live with the earth, not against it, featuring perspectives from two different hemispheres. 📻First Nations Landcare Working Group member Suzanne Thompson recently spoke on Phil Clarke’s ABC Radio National Nightlife program. 🗣️Suzanne, an Iningai woman and Managing Director of Yambangku Aboriginal Corporation, manages a 22,000-acre property in Outback Central Western Queensland. She shared her insights on how Australian landholders can benefit from Traditional Knowledge in managing and restoring the land. Also joining was Tom Heap, a presenter on the BBC’s “Country File”, Radio 4’s “Rare Earth” series. With over 25 years of experience reporting on science and the environment, Tom spoke about his new book, “Land Smart – How to Give People and Nature the Space to Thrive.” 🎙️From global food production to minimising waste and to modern grazing, tune into the discussion here https://lnkd.in/gunyeYqs In light of National NAIDOC Week, what steps are you taking to become land smart? #NAIDOC #NAIDOCWEEK #NAIDOC2024 #KeepTheFireBurning🖤💛❤️💚🤍

🔥 Keep the Fire Burning! 🔥 In celebration of this year’s NAIDOC Week theme, which honours amplifying voices, reclaiming narratives, and sustaining the flame of pride and unity, we want to highlight the Bangerang Aboriginal Corporation. The Bangerang Traditional Owners are dedicated to passing down cultural knowledge to youth while working closely with non-Indigenous landholders to share knowledge and care for Country. They collaborate with the Warby Ranges Landcare Group to develop and deliver shared outcomes for landscape health. Check out the photos from a recent cultural burn managed by the Bangerang Ngalan Bitja Rangers, a newly established ranger team. The location is privately owned by a member of the Warby Range Landcare Group and contains an ephemeral wetland where Swamp Wallaby Grass creates thick thatch making it difficult for native herbs to grow. While the dry conditions make it a good time to burn and clear the area for spring, some dense ground cover is preserved for Brown Quail habitat, and native herbs like Swamp Billy Buttons are planted to improve site health and diversity. Cultural burning empowers the Bangerang People, providing opportunities to act on their cultural right to speak and care for Country. We are proud to support the Bangerang Aboriginal Corporation, in partnership with Steadfast Group Limited. #NAIDOC2024 #NAIDOCWeek #BlakLoudProud #FirstNations #LandcareAustralia #KeepTheFireBurning

🏆The State and Territory Landcare Awards championed many First Nations organisations and landcare groups working together on environmental projects. 📣 Let’s celebrate the Woppaburra TUMRA Aboriginal Corporation, the proud winner of the First Nations Landcare Collaboration Award in Queensland! 🐋Woppaburra are from a wider Whale Dreaming Indigenous Community around coastal Australia. The spiritual saltwater totem for the Woppaburra and their island homelands is Mugga Mugga (Humpback Whale). It is their life-long cultural responsibility to protect our clan totem and its environment, sea country (al-li). 🪸The Woppaburra People have joined with the Reef Authority and Queensland Parks and Wildlife in a seven-year Traditional Use of Marine Resources Agreement (TUMRA) that will enable them to decide on their cultural hunting protocols and to co-manage their Sea Country, providing a platform for Woppaburra voices in decision making regarding activities that impact their culture and Country. 🫱🏾🫲🏽The agreement also supports the capacity of the Woppaburra people to return to Country in management positions and allows for cross cultural awareness raising with Woppaburra people sharing their cultural perspectives with scientists, tourism operators, NRM groups, industry and the wider community including the Australian Institute of Marine Science, CSIRO, Reef Ecologic, JCU, CQU and many others. Are you part of a project that partners First Nations originations and landcare? Share your story with us during National NAIDOC Week! #NAIDOC #NAIDOCWEEK #NAIDOC2024 #KeepTheFireBurning🖤💛❤️💚💙🤍

🌿💸 Corangamite federal member Libby Coker MP and Landcare Australia Chair Doug Humann AM announced $8.9 million in federal funding at the site of a successful Landcare project in Aireys Inlet. "Bambra Road had previously been stripped bare and left desolate by intensive farming. However, over the past few years, the now lush valley has been regenerated by the local community in partnership with Landcare and protected from future development." 🌏✨The federal funding is to support Landcare Australia's efforts to create impactful partnerships and programs aimed at protecting the environment. 🍃Chair Doug Humann AM said Landcare is one of the largest environmental movements in Australia, with over 6,000 community groups and countless volunteers. “Landcare Australia is grateful to the Australian Government for its continued support and acknowledgment of the outstanding work our organisation is delivering. “Partnerships are vital in achieving our outcomes, and we are eagerly looking forward to collaborating with all our partners, especially Landcare Australia's First Nations Landcare Working Group. “Together, we'll make a real difference.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/ggRJReVn. 📷 Image: Federal Member for Corangamite, Libby Coker MP, and Landcare Australia Chair Doug Humann. Photo: Angus Smith Tanya Plibersek Murray Watt - Labor Senator for Queensland

Landcare Australia’s advisory group the First Nations Landcare Working Group acknowledges National NAIDOC Week. 🫱🏾🫲🏽Members of the Working Group are working towards their vision of ‘Ensuring ancient practices are embedded into contemporary action in caring for Country’ by promoting knowledge for farmers, landcare groups and other community-led environmental groups to restore, enhance and protect our natural environment. 📣 They are involved in various projects including speaking on a landcare panel at the upcoming GARMA Festival in August in remote northeast Arnhem Land. For more information 👉🏾https://lnkd.in/gnypFbUJ #NAIDOC #NAIDOCWEEK #NAIDOC2024 #KeepTheFireBurning🖤💛❤️💚💙🤍

📣 National NAIDOC Week celebrations will be held across Australia this week to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. ✋🏽This campaign is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about First Nations cultures and histories and participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth. 🍃Landcare Australia acknowledges the First Nations organisations and Traditional Owners who are working on Country caring for our natural environment and communities. 🖤💛❤️💚💙🤍 For more information https://www.naidoc.org.au/ #NAIDOC #NAIDOCWEEK #NAIDOC2024 #KeepTheFireBurning

Landcare Week and Keep Australia Beautiful Week are only a month away (5-11 August) 🥳 🌿 A big shoutout to our friends at Keep Australia Beautiful for their incredible efforts in promoting community participation in litter cleanups and tree planting projects! 🌳 👏 Landcare Australia, along with other dedicated community-led conservation groups, is committed to restoring, enhancing, and protecting our local environments every day. Together, we’re making a difference! 💚 Keep Australia Beautiful and Landcare Australia share the same awareness raising campaign week in August (5th - 11th) in our joint mission to enhance our natural environments and preserve local biodiversity, so we encourage Litter Clean Ups and Planting Days to take place throughout this week around Australia. 💻Make sure to download the Landcare Week 2024 assets from our website to promote your landcare group: https://lnkd.in/gMexZpu8 To get involved with the Keep Australia Beautiful activities follow them on social media.

Meet Australia’s devoted flying-fox carers. Check out this powerful video by Australian Geographic featuring footage by Annette Ruzicka‬ who has got to know and appreciate the lengths front-line carers have gone to save these little superstar pollinators and why she is so determined to share this story. Share or like if you think Flying-Fox Carers are just awesome. https://lnkd.in/gavPe5DQ