Country Needs People's Partner Spotlight series gives insights each edition into one of our partners, and the important work they do to protect Country.
Country Needs People work alongside a growing network of over 50 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander partner organisations, from Indigenous land and sea management organisations, to Indigenous Ranger Teams, to Local Aboriginal Land Councils and Aboriginal and Torres Strait organisations.
In today's Partner Spotlight, we focus on Dulabed & Malanbarra Yidinji Aboriginal Corporation (DMYAC) Land Management.
Who are Dulabed & Malanbarra Yidinji Aboriginal Corporation Land Management?
DMYAC are in the Gordonvale region, Far North Queensland and represent the Malanbarra Clan of the Yidinji Tribe, one of 20 Rainforest Aboriginal Tribal Groups who are custodians of some of the oldest living rainforest in the world.
What's their Country like?
DMYAC's Jawajawa Rangers care for Country in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, which includes the Wooroonooran National Park which they co-manage with QLD Parks. This region is home to ancient remnants of Gondwana Rainforest with at least 88 species of vertebrate animals found nowhere else on earth.
What's their key focus?
Jawajawa Rangers focus on revegetation, fauna surveys, traditional burning, caring for cultural places including bora grounds and cultural tracks, water quality monitoring, invasive species control and more. They also strengthen culture by engaging young people and Elders in a language program and through culture and language on-country activities.
For more information about Dulabed Malanbarra & Yidinji Aboriginal Coporation visit their website here.
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KEY POINTS
- Dulabed & Malanbarra Yidinji Aboriginal Corporation represent the Malanbarra Clan of the Yidinji Tribe and care for Country in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, south west of Cairns.
- The rainforest that DMYAC's Jawajawa Rangers protect is home to ancient remnants of Gondwana Rainforest with at least 88 species of vertebrate animals found nowhere else on earth.
- Jawajawa Rangers focus on revegetation, fauna surveys, traditional burning, caring for cultural places including bora grounds and cultural tracks and more.
