Our Work

Crocodile Islands Rangers programs include Working on Country, Learning on Country and our Indigenous Protected Area plan.

Working on country

Working on country

Crocodile Islands Rangers combine traditional knowledge with conservation training to protect and manage their land, sea and culture. Ranger work provides meaningful employment, training and career pathways.
Learning on country

Learning on country

Our Learning on Country (LOC) program provides school students  the opportunity to learn with a cultural teacher in the field. In partnership with Milingimbi School the program aims to transfer and preserve Yolngu knowledge.

Indigenous Protected Area plan

Indigenous Protected Area plan

Our Indigenous Protected Area plan expresses our intent to manage our country as a protected area for the promotion of biodiversity and cultural resource conservation, for the benefit of all Maringa people – past, present and future.

Our focus areas

We manage our country as a protected area for the promotion of biodiversity and cultural resource conservation, for the benefit of all Maringa people – past, present and future.  The Crocodile Islands Rangers focus on combining traditional knowledge and skills with contemporary practices.

Our work includes:

  • Biosecurity activities (community animal health reports, marine debris surveillance, citrus pest monitoring, community education)
  • Sacred site management
  • Fire management
  • Sea country patrols and surveillance
  • Biodiversity surveys, turtle/oyster/shorebirds research and monitoring
  • Learning on Country through our Junior Ranger program

We support our community by contributing to sea rescues, fire-fighting, developing local indigenous enterprises, snake removal, and supporting youth engagement activities.

Our ranger base is on Milingimbi Island, and we work on the mainland, surrounding islands and the sea country, within our Indigenous Protected Area.

Djama means work

We work in a very remote and beautiful part of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

Rangers doing a shorebird survey
Ramandjarri doing a shorebird survey
Watching for crocodiles and birds at Nilpaywa
Ranger Fabian Gaykamungu with a brolga egg
Learning coxswain skills
Rangers supporting the come to school everyday walk
Removing noxious weeds in the wet lands
Weeds removing team at the wet land on Milingimbi Island
Removing noxious weeds in the wet lands
Weeds removing team at the wet land on Milingimbi Island
Ramandjarri collecting sea debris
Solidi collecting sea debris

Ranger mission

Protecting the health of our land and sea country, providing meaningful jobs on country, working together with the community, sharing knowledge, and keeping our culture and language alive and strong.

 

Our vision

Our Yolŋu law gives us the rules and responsibilities for looking after our culture, plants, animals, people and country. Our vision gives us the direction of where we want to go. Maringa people, Traditional Owners and rangers will continue working together to protect our culture and country, following Traditional Law.

 

About us
Crocodile Islands Rangers is a program of the Milingimbi Outstations Progress Resource Aboriginal Corporation.
Copyright Crocodile Islands Rangers 2019

Our supporters
The Crocodile Islands Rangers program is supported through funding from the Australian Government.

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Contact us
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