New research looks for rare native water mouse
The water mouse, or false water rat, has been so rarely sighted, Territory authorities struggle to classify it as either vulnerable or threatened.
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Funding boost to expand crocodile hatchery
The Arafura Swamp Rangers Aboriginal Corporation has been awarded more than half a million dollars to expand its crocodile hatchery in Ramingining.
Teaching both ways the key to education
Arafura Swamp Rangers are preparing to join a new education program aimed at improving student numeracy and literacy through real world training.
Arafura Swamp region home to first Indigenous crocodile hatchery in Australia
Aboriginal traditional owners in the Arafura Swamp region are preparing to open a crocodile hatchery in Ramingining.
Arafura Swamp Rangers win contract to manage land
The Arafura Swamp Rangers Aboriginal Corporation has moved a step closer to independence and direct control of its land management area, after taking over the working on country contract.
The stunning Arafura Swamp from above
The Arafura Swamp is considered unique in its size and range of relatively intact wetlands in the Northern Territory, with the paperbark forests kept well-watered through the dry season by springs along the Goyder River.
Planning for Healthy Country in the Arafura Swamp region of Arnhem Land
The Arafura Swamp Rangers Aboriginal Corporation (ASRAC) recently launched their 10-year Healthy Country Plan, with support from Bush Heritage Australia, to protect Aboriginal culture, knowledge and ecosystems across 1.2 million hectares of East Arnhem Land.
Aboriginal rangers unite to protect Australia’s largest wooded swampland in Top End
Australia’s largest wooded swampland is just part of a 12,000 square kilometre block of land in the Northern Territory that will be managed for the next decade by more than 20 Aboriginal clans under a new management plan.
‘Smoke money’ offers an unexpected way forward for Indigenous communities
Not long after dawn has broken over Murwangi, a patient crocodile hides in the shade near a plump of unsuspecting ducks, and the barramundi seem eager to bite every time Peter Djigirr and Marley Djangirr toss their lures into the billabong.
Healthy Country Plan
We know that the land needs its people to care for it and to keep it healthy. In the same way we know that caring for the country keeps us healthy – physically, spiritually and mentally.