Caring for Country: Indigenous Protected Area's & Rangers

Sunday, 21 August 2016 - 11:00am to 11:30am

The first Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) was established in 1998 in South Australia and the Indigenous Rangers program has been operating since 2007. There are now 60 IPA's and 109 Ranger groups employing 777 Indigenous Rangers.


Earth Matters speaks with Chantelle Bowden, Ngurrara Indigenous Ranger and Sophia Walter from Country Needs People, about the significance of the IPA's, the Rangers program and the campaign to secure funding beyond 2018.

Guests:  Chantelle Bowden (Ngurrara Ranger, Great Sandy Desert,www.klc.org.au/land-sea/ranger-ipa-map), Sophia Walter (Country Needs People,www.countryneedspeople.org.au).

A banner that's painted in the aboriginal flag colours. The banner says Always Was Always Will Be
Sunday 11:00am to 11:30am
Local and global environmental issues from grassroots, activist perspectives with a strong social justice focus. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.

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Bec Horridge, Jacob Gamble, Judith Peppard, Phil Evans

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