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July 28, 2020 By Miya Isherwood

The role of local government in building climate resilience and stimulating economic recovery

climate rally

The best available science tells us that our climate is changing.  Climate change affects all of us – across all sectors of society – our economy, livelihoods, health, food and water security are at stake.  Impacts are already being felt, and the projections are that things are set to get worse – unless we take […]

Filed Under: Insights Tagged With: climate change, climate change resilience, economic recovery, local government

February 1, 2019 By Miya Isherwood

Crowdfunding for conservation: positive people power in the age of the internet

Swim for the Reef

This year, my family and I have decided to dive in for a worthy cause and will be participating in the Swim for the Reef event, by swimming across Lake Eacham and back.  Thanks to the generosity of many friends, family members and colleagues, we have helped to raise much needed funding for the Environmental Defenders’ […]

Filed Under: Insights Tagged With: advocacy, awareness, conservation, crowdfunding, funding, investment

January 31, 2019 By Miya Isherwood

Reversing climate change: 100 practical solutions we can implement now

Kenyan woman farming at Mt Kenya

If global warming is ‘feedback’, it is vitally important that human society respond to it if we are to create a pathway to a more sustainable way of relating to our planet. Paul Hawken, environmentalist and author, aims to bridge the gap between urgency and agency, showing how we can use the power we have to […]

Filed Under: Insights Tagged With: climate change, climate change resilience, Indigenous land management

March 6, 2018 By Miya Isherwood

Why are Rangers and Indigenous Protected Areas so important?

Miya & Appie on Mer

It is hard not to feel moved by the strong sense of spirit and customary connection to country on Mer (Murray Island).  Mer is the birthplace of native title rights in Australia, and home of the late Eddie Koiki Mabo of the landmark Mabo decision by the High Court of Australia in 1992.

Speaking with Eddie’s grandson, Appie Thaiday, about his motivation to be a ranger was a humbling experience.  Appie’s lifelong ambition was to be a ranger, to carry out his ancestor’s wishes by looking after the land and sea estates he and his clan members, and the Meriam Traditional Owners, are responsible for.  Appie’s job as a ranger enables him to be a custodian of his traditional country.

This role in his community helps to reinforce the importance of land and sea management, and to strengthen the communal and customary ties to country that govern Indigenous people’s relationships with their lands and seas.

The term ‘country’ is much broader than simply a reference to land. Dermot Smyth in his Guidelines for Country-based Planning discusses how the term ‘country’ has been adopted by Indigenous people across Australia to describe the complex layers of meaning associated with their place of origin and belonging. [Read more]

Filed Under: Insights Tagged With: country, country-based planning, Indigenous Protected Areas, Rangers, Working on Country

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