In 2024, WildArk — with the support of NUII Ice Cream — funded the purchase of a 4×4 vehicle for the Karrkad Kanjdji Trust to assist the Female Indigenous Rangers of Arnhem Land. This essential vehicle has increased the rangers’ reach and efficiency, enabling them to cover vast and remote areas while continuing their vital conservation and cultural work.
Although Indigenous peoples make up less than 5% of the global population, they protect around 80% of the world’s remaining biodiversity. In Australia — one of the most biologically rich nations — biodiversity is vanishing at an alarming rate, driven by habitat loss, invasive weeds, feral animals, and climate change.
Arnhem Land, in Australia’s Northern Territory, is one of the nation’s most biodiverse and culturally significant regions. Its landscapes — from rainforests to wetlands — are home to countless species found nowhere else.
In the latter half of the 20th century, the interruption of traditional Indigenous land management led to steep declines in native mammal populations, including species of great cultural significance, and the shrinking of rainforest areas.
The Homelands Movement reversed this decline by encouraging Indigenous people to return to Country, restoring traditional ecological practices that had protected these ecosystems for millennia.
Today, the Female Indigenous Rangers of Arnhem Land combine deep Indigenous ecological knowledge with modern conservation science to care for Country. Women rangers hold unique roles:
Their work includes:
The new 4×4 vehicle, funded through the Karrkad Kanjdji Trust with WildArk and NUII’s support, allows the rangers to access remote areas more efficiently, transport equipment, and respond quickly to threats.
This investment helps safeguard biodiversity, maintain cultural practices, and ensure the transfer of ecological knowledge to future generations.
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