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IDA Network

Keeping the desert connected is a full-time job.

The IDA brings its members, desert ranger teams and partners together across a range of platforms to ensure their story informs the desert story. IDA members are Indigenous land management organisations working in the desert regions of Australia. The IDA is proud to work with 66 Indigenous desert ranger teams. Together, these diverse ranger groups are delivering major regional collaborative land management projects and developing the Indigenous land management sector with a strong and united voice. 

The IDA provides opportunities that make certain that its members are regularly speaking to each other, spending time on Country with one another, and hearing from and talking with the IDA. IDA members and ranger teams often collaborate through face-to-face and online working groups that are facilitated and hosted by the IDA. These working groups help to identify or reinforce current priorities for the IDA to pursue as an organisation. 

Ranger to Ranger Priorities

Ranger-to-ranger sessions are a staple of the IDA way of working. The IDA creates opportunities for rangers to come together in culturally safe spaces where Indigenous facilitators support rangers to put forward the key priorities they wish the IDA to focus on. From the IDA’s membership of Indigenous ranger teams to the IDA’s board of Indigenous directors and management, we are steadfastly Indigenous led.

Events

The IDA hosts a variety of events that connect rangers across the desert. Key events include the IDA Conference, the Southern Desert Ranger Forum and collaborative on-Country workshops.

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Ranger Collaborations

Ranger collaborations connect desert ranger teams though peer-to-peer learning and knowledge sharing activities on Country. Exchanges enable professional capacity development and access to broader support networks for both emerging and established ranger teams.

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Ranger Program Network Sessions

The IDA keeps the network connected and discussing regional priorities by coordinating regular catch-ups between rangers, coordinators and program managers including hosting a series of subject matter driven webinars and through an active, member-focused online presence.

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“Today in this room, I can see, I can feel, and I can hear the power.”

Hon Chanston Paech, NT Minister and Member for Gwoja, IDA Conference 2022

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