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The research undertaken informs the planning, implementation and reporting of collaborative land management activities, and allows those activities to be adapted to best deliver interlinked cultural, environmental and economic benefits.

First Nations and their People have stressed to Western scientists that Country is in distress and…
Management can change desert fire regimes, bringing expected cultural and biodiversity benefits. We…
Australian deserts have experienced extensive fires for decades, following interruptions to…
This research collates long term Great Desert Skink monitoring datasets from Uluru Kata Tjuta…
Indigenous Australians who lived in the desert used fire for many purposes. The interruption of…
The rights, responsibilities and expertise of Indigenous Australians in Caring for Country are…
Surveys indicate that there could be at least 50 night parrots on the Ngururrpa IPA, which is the…
Ninu (greater bilby, Macrotis lagotis) are desert-dwelling, culturally and ecologically important…
"I’ve got my mother who knows about all of this [Malleefowl], you know, but working two ways, you know, scientists and Aboriginal people working together. Get everything in motion and don’t stand back and wait… We’re going to get people coming out or helping us to go, okay, this is what we need to do, you know, and this is how we can work together.”
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