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Indigenous ranger groups are taking to the skies with drones, thanks to a series of hands-on operator workshops aimed at enhancing their capability to detect and manage ghost nets and marine debris in remote coastal regions.Since July 2024, the department’s Indigenous Ranger Coastal Clean Up…
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Indigenous Rangers play a key role in environmental biosecurity surveillance and land management.A deep connection to Country helps Indigenous Rangers recognise signs of ecological distress, unusual pests and signs of disease, making them frontline defenders in biosecurity surveillance and…
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More than 50 Indigenous rangers from 20 different Indigenous Ranger groups joined forces in an event supported by Parks Australia and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to help manage marine debris and ghost nets in remote northern Australia.The Indigenous rangers visited Gulkula…
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Prevailing currents and conditions in the Torres Strait, and the Arafura and Timor Seas, make our region vulnerable to some of the highest densities of marine pollution in the world.Indigenous Rangers are on the front foot in protecting our marine environment…
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In October, staff from the Australian Chief Plant Protection Office travelled to Paho Island in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Western Province, to deliver refresher training to Treaty Village rangers as part of the Treaty Village Fruit Fly Trapping Program (TVFFTP). The visit occurred in conjunction…
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Last month, five new Indigenous Biosecurity Trainees embarked on a promising journey as they began a two-year traineeship with the Indigenous Ranger Biosecurity Program.This traineeship provides First Nations candidates with opportunities for roles in biosecurity or other positions within the…
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Northern Australia is mainly considered as a biosecurity ‘buffer’ for southern Australia, but it is a unique environment and a growing source of agricultural wealth in its own right. North Australia’s…
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Filmed amidst the stunning native forests of Queensland and New South Wales, ‘Roots of Resilience’ tells the story of the deep connection between forests and First Nations culture, and the threat posed by the devastating plant disease – myrtle rust.Interviews with Australia’s Indigenous rangers,…
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Costa and dirtgirl Tackle Biosecurity
ABC TV eco-warriors dirtgirl, scrapboy and Costa the Garden Gnome, along with some of our Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS) officers get together in Country - Handle with Care, a new seven episode video series, as they travel through northern…
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A joint PNG-Australia expedition visited remote Treaty Villages in PNG’s Western Province last week to discuss and help manage one of the world’s worst horticultural pests, the Oriental fruit fly.The team of Australian and PNG officials, a PNG national PhD candidate and local rangers began…
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