Registrations for the 2026 IDA Conference are now open.
Connect with Traditional Owners, Indigenous rangers and local experts from the Australian desert for news that matters in the global movement for a nature positive future.
According to the Indigenous Desert Alliance, feral cats are a major threat to the vulnerable bilby. Dr Rachel Paltridge, an ecologist from the Indigenous Desert Alliance, works alongside the Kiwirrkurra rangers to help combat the cat problem. "The rangers can track down the actual cats that are hunting around the bilby burrows," she told ABC iview's Eat The Invaders.
Kiwirrkurra Rangers feature in the new ABC series Eat the Invaders hosted by Tony Armstrong. The series is full of fun, feral facts and feral feasts. In the Cat Episode 5, the Kiwirrkurra Rangers show Tony how they hunt cats to protect bilbies and other native animals.
The 2024 IDA Conference was featured on Indigenous Community Television – ICTV. Watch the full story from 05:26.
More than 400 Indigenous rangers have attended a conference at Uluru to share important cultural and land management knowledge. The event is a way to elevate stories from the middle of Australia and put desert work on the map. The conference included female rangers who were keen to make sure their voices were heard.
We are Karajarri and Ngurrara rangers who care for 110,000 square kilometres of the Great Sandy Desert. Our techniques have changed – we now drop incendiaries from helicopters to cover more distance – but our goals are similar. Guided by our elders, we are combining traditional knowledge with modern technologies and science to refine how we manage fire in a changing world.
"Indigenous-led conservation is now being recognised globally as the best form of conservation because it is collaborative and Aboriginal people have always worked this way."
A groundbreaking discovery by Indigenous rangers and scientists has revealed the largest known population of the critically endangered night parrot in the Pilbara, marking a major milestone in conservation efforts.
As animals move across the desert, they leave tracks, diggings and droppings. For skilled trackers, reading these signs is like watching a movie. A story of who was there and what they were doing unfolds in front of them.
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