Projects – Rangers make a difference

Reef and sea Country

• Mandubarra Land and Sea Rangers are restoring a traditional fish trap on an island on the Great Barrier Reef and reconnecting with their cultural practices
• Gunggandji-Mandingalbay Yidinji Rangers are gaining skills in monitoring their sea Country to equip them to protect and manage its environmental and cultural values
• Woppa (Great Keppel Island) restoration initiative is protecting ecosystems, preserving cultural heritage and delivering Australia's first culturally inspired oyster reef and wetland restoration project
• Flinders Beach clean up - Mapoon Rangers remove 9.8 tonnes of marine debris to protect wildlife and preserve coastal ecosystems
• Rangers work in partnership to restore ecological and cultural integrity across islands in Korrawinga
• Wuthathi Custodians are monitoring the health and extent of seagrass meadows in their sea country to support management decisions
• Yirrganydji Land and Sea Rangers are taking part in a unique coral reef restoration project to help rebuild the reefs that are important to their identity, heritage and livelihood

Conservation and habitat restoration

• Bulmba Rangers and Djabugay Elders collaborate through the ‘Eyes on Country Project’ to protect platypus populations and preserve the cultural and ecological heritage of Djabugay Country
• Jinibara Freshwater Rangers are helping to restore habitat and protect koalas and their ecosystems
• Kabi Kabi Land and Sea Rangers are restoring critical Mary River Cod habitats using salvaged timber on Kabi Kabi Country
• Indjalandji-Dhidhanu Rangers are gaining skills in survey techniques to monitor the endangered Carpentarian grass wren in spinifex country
• Laura Rangers are studying the elusive endangered freshwater sawfish, a culturally important species in southern Cape York Peninsula

Country and cultural heritage

• Rangers are leading efforts to protect the iconic Bunya Pines from tree dieback, combining traditional knowledge and innovative techniques to preserve cultural and ecological heritage
• Mithaka rangers are participating in scientific research across Mithaka country which is rewriting the history books
• Jawajawa Rangers are using weed control methods to restore a bora ground cultural site on their Country to its original condition