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Uunguu Rangers, scientists find thriving coral hotspots
The North Kimberley’s Uunguu Rangers are combining science and traditional knowledge to monitor and look after their saltwater country, with a recent survey recording coral hotspots rivalling Ningaloo Reef and
Fire and cattle disturbance affects vegetation structure and rain forest expansion into savanna in the Australian monsoon tropics
June 2017 — Article in Journal of Biogeography 44(10)DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13039 Stefania Ondei, Lynda D. Prior, Tom Vigilante, David M.J.S. Bowman Aims To detect changes in area and vegetation dynamics of monsoon
The Uunguu Monitoring and Evaluation Committee: Intercultural Governance of a Land and Sea Management Programme in the Kimberley, Australia
May 2017 — Ecological Management & Restoration 18(2):124-133DOI: 10.1111/emr.12257 Beau Austin, Tom Vigilante, Stuart Cowell, Zerika Clement The importance of Indigenous peoples’ and their ancestral estates for the maintenance and protection
Water, land, fire, and forest: Multi-scale determinants of rainforests in the Australian monsoon tropics
February 2017 — Ecology and Evolution 7(5)DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2734 Stefania Ondei, Lynda D. Prior, Grant James Williamson, David M. J. S. Bowman The small rainforest fragments found in savanna landscapes are powerful,
Right-way burns stem Kimberley wildfire, carbon impacts
Uunguu Rangers in the far north Kimberley have measured major reductions in wildfire impact since ramping up traditional burning methods four years ago, a Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation fire-planning meeting
North Kimberley ready for worldwide audience
Wunambal Gaambera Country in the North Kimberley is gearing up for exposure to millions of television viewers worldwide following a recent visit by hugely popular program “Coast Australia”. Hosted by
Wunambal Gaambera joins ranger funding campaign
The North Kimberley’s Wunambal Gaambera people, Native Title holders of some of Australia’s most remote and intact Country, are the newest supporters of the Country Needs People campaign. Wunambal Gaambera
Kalumburu Students Connect with Rangers on Culture Camp
Students from Kalumburu Remote Community School had a powerful experience on Wunambal Gaambera Country recently, when Uunguu Rangers hosted the school’s annual Culture Camp. This year’s camp was hailed as