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WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O'Gorman with the Girringun Aboriginal Corporation team

A strategy to Regenerate Australia and our region starts with listening deeply

Recently WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O'Gorman visited our partners at Girringun Aboriginal Corporation to listen to the needs of our communities and our planet as...

18 October 2022

WWF-Australia's Rob Brewster and Narungga youth release a bettong on Guuranda (Yorke Peninsula)

One endangered animal, two mobs, a shared dream

The first of 36 jet-setting bettongs were released on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula (Guuranda) in June as part of the groundbreaking Marna Banggara...

21 August 2022

Recognising Indigenous Knowledges is not just culturally sound, it’s good science

For tens of thousands of years, First Nations people have addressed changing weather on this continent and successfully applied their knowledges to land...

4 July 2022

Pakana Ranger Baden Maynard on Lungtalanana 1000px

Rewilding lungtalanana: Returning nature, culture and sovereignty to the wilds of the Bass Strait

After years of post-invasion destruction and bushfires, the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC), WWF-Australia’s Rewilding Australia team, and researchers from...

2 July 2022

Girringun Ranger Andrew Congoo carrying Hawksbill at James Cook University

Indigenous Cultural Significance of the Bungaroo (Saltwater Turtle)

In this gorgeous video, Girringun Ranger Andrew Congoo talks about why the bungaroo (saltwater turtle) means so much to Indigenous Saltwater people in...

22 May 2022

Uncle Eddie Smallwood ( Gudjuda Reference Group Aboriginal Corporation) on the beach at Brook Islands National Park= part of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

Explore the ancient stories of the Great Barrier Reef with the Gudjuda and Girringun Rangers

In Dyirbal language, ‘nguri’ is a word used to say that an action was done in order to redress a balance. In light of the recent mass coral bleaching event on...

22 March 2022

A ranger enjoying a close encounter with a wiliji (black-flanked rock-wallaby) in Erskine Range= west Kimberley

In photos: Indigenous rangers and researchers use drones to survey and protect endangered rock-wallaby

In this incredible gallery, teamwork and North-West Australia’s incredible natural beauty is on full display as Indigenous rangers and researchers race to...

16 November 2021

Jirrbal Traditional Owners Kayla Henry and Andrew Congoo of Girringun rangers

Why Australian Nature Needs ‘Our Knowledge’

Leading Indigenous conservation voices explain how traditional knowledge and land management is key to recovering the landscapes and animal populations that...

26 September 2021

Uncle Warren Foster, Dan Morgan and Koby Morgan of Firesticks Alliance

Cultural Fire: The Next Generation

In this moving video, Uncle Warren (Elder and Knowledge Holder for the Yuin Nation), Firesticks Alliance’s Dan Morgan and his nephew Kobe talk about the...

26 May 2021

The unique native Australian koala, hugging a gum tree

Video: Why Healthy Koala Country Needs Eucalyptus Trees

Githabul Ranger Phillip Williams explains why Healthy Koala Country needs eucalyptus trees.

27 April 2021

Shaquille's story

Shaquille works with the Nyikina Mangala Rangers to give the black-footed rock-wallaby, also known as the wiliji, every chance of survival in the Grant, Edgar...

10 November 2020

Erskine Range Landscape - Nyikina Mangala Rangers

In photos: On Country with the Nyikina Mangala Rangers

WWF-Australia has been working with Nyikina Mangala Rangers since 2012 in the Grant, Edgar and Erskine ranges. Nyikina Mangala Rangers conduct surveys on...

31 July 2020