Indigenous rangers don’t receive the funding they deserve – here's why
- Written by Noel D Preece, Adjunct Asssociate Professor, James Cook University
Australia heavily relies on the work of Indigenous rangers to meet our conservation targets, but they’re being short-changed by federal government funding.
Indigenous-owned land for biodiversity and cultural conservation, called Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs), make up almost half of Australia’s conservation estate.
And yet federal...
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