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#Indigenous #knowledge is key to understanding how to live sustainably in🇭🇲Also how to heal the damage we've done.
We ignore it at our peril
#CaringForCountry
#CountryNeedsPeople
ipbes.net IPBES @ipbes.net · Aug 8
🌱 We honor & celebrate the roles #Indigenous Peoples & local communities play in #biodiversity conservation, restoration & sustainable use.

#IndigenousPeoplesDay 🌏🧪
An infographic featuring Aboriginal art with three extracts from the IPBES Values Assessment and Transformative Change Assessment highlighting the value of Indigenous knowledge.
August 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
rosiedekat.bsky.social
Some strategies in the Caring for Country Plan have already seen success in the Goondiwindi area, including the use of fire to control invasive weeds.

#CaringForCountry

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Elders show how traditions can lead to environmental restoration
Thousands of years of First Nations knowledge has been documented to help a community, and those beyond, look after the native environment.
www.abc.net.au
May 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
nswalc.bsky.social
Day 1 of the Aboriginal Ranger Gathering was filled with connection, culture and powerful conversations. The night ended with an unforgettable performance by the legendary Roger Knox.

Follow #NSWALC for more highlights this week.

#AboriginalRangers #CaringForCountry #GomeroiCountry #Culture
June 18, 2025 at 6:45 AM
seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
Incredible day mapping ancient #FishTraps & sharing knowledge across #AboriginalRanger groups. Together we are stronger #BinalupRangers #EsperanceTjaltjraak #CulturalHeritage #CaringForCountry
November 3, 2023 at 10:52 AM
lyrebirddream.bsky.social
Once extinct on the mainland, Eastern Bettongs are thriving in Canberra thanks to rewilding at @MulligansFlat.

They’re tiny macropods with monkey-like tails and big ecological impact. Read more👇🏽

lyrebirddreaming.com/post/flora-and…#FloraAndFaunaFridaya#Rewildingn#CaringForCountryry
https://lyrebirddreaming.com/post/flora-and…
June 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
lyrebirddream.bsky.social
I used to negotiate at the “real” COPs.

Now I’m heading to #AlterCOP30Australia.

Where climate action is people-powered, just, and real.

Join free this November. 🌏👇🏽

#AlterCOP #AlterCOP30 #ClimateJustice #ActiveHope #CaringForCountry #eBike4Australia

www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/from-co...
From COP to AlterCOP: Join Me for the People-Powered One
For years, I was part of the so-called COPs. I represented Australia at the global climate conferences where negotiators spend sleepless nights arguing over commas. While emissiosn kept climbing, I he...
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October 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
jamie-shulmeister.bsky.social
I am very proud to be an Associate Investigator in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF). What is so special is the embedded partnership and co-design with first nations.
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ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures on LinkedIn: #ciehf #indigenousknowledge #caringforcountry #landandsea #ciehf2024
What a remarkable week it has been for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF). This past week, we held our…
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November 15, 2024 at 10:09 PM
seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
Today we felled and burned hundreds of highly invasive Victorian tea tree (each stem could potentially release millions of seeds). We’re about 3/4 of the way through eradicating this weed from this culturally significant area #AboriginalRangers #CaringForCountry
September 11, 2024 at 12:37 PM
nswalc.bsky.social
The Murrunmala Dhawun Rangers, based at Coonabarabran LALC, were a small yet powerful presence at the inaugural Aboriginal Ranger Gathering at Trelawney Station, outside Tamworth NSW.

Read the full story and watch the video below...

#CaringForCountry #IndigenousCulture #OurStoriesMatter #Culture
Coonabarabran LALC Rangers giving life to Country
The Murrunmala Dhawun Rangers, based at Coonabarabran LALC, were a small yet powerful presence at the inaugural Aboriginal Ranger Gathering...
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June 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
ciehf.bsky.social
We’re backing the #LifetimeOfGreatness movement to nominate the Great Barrier Reef as the first non-human recipient of @UNEP’s Lifetime Achievement Award. A living legacy, a global protector—let’s make history in 2025. 🌊💛
#SeaCountry #CaringForCountry #UNEP
alifetimeofgreatness.com#project
The Lifetime of Greatness Project - The Great Barrier Reef
Learn why the Great Barrier Reef deserves to become the first non-human recipient of the UNEP’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
alifetimeofgreatness.com
April 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
ecomindful.bsky.social
This is so beautifully done.

“Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have walked, worked and celebrated this land for millennia. Their cultures endure, alive in every story, every place, and every moment today. Take a journey into a story like no other.”

#DeepTime
#CaringForCountry
Explore an epic story 65,000 years in the making
Dive into Deep Time, an immersive story of the knowledge, art and ingenuity of Australia’s First Nations peoples — told like never before.
www.abc.net.au
October 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
yinarr.bsky.social
Will this help those of us who are moving to living offgrid? I have run batteries powered by solar panels funded personally for years now. I don't want to be connected to any grid.

#Climate
#CaringForCountry
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
lyrebirddream.bsky.social
On the Tea Gardens ferry today, two dolphins joined us. And all of a sudden, a boat full of strangers turned into a community.

Read and share the full story on how we all have the capacity to connect to Country.👇🏽

www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/dolphin...

#CaringForCountry #eBike4Australia
Dolphins, a Ferry, and the Truth We Already Know
Today, while crossing Port Stephens on the Tea Gardens Ferry, something simple and beautiful happened. Two dolphins began to swim in the bow wave. One person spotted them and pointed. Then another. An...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
nswalc.bsky.social
NSWALC proudly supports the Aboriginal Ranger Gathering – a powerful gathering of cultural and environmental leadership.

More than 150 Rangers from across NSW, ACT and NT are gathering to share Aboriginal cultural knowledge in the fields of ecology and land management.

#CaringForCountry
June 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
ciehf.bsky.social
The IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2025 rates K’gari as “Good with Some Concerns.” We back Butchulla-led management to protect its values. Read more about the IUCN's listings here: worldheritageoutlook.iucn.org

#Kgari #ButchullaCountry #CIEHF #CaringForCountry #IUCN2025 #WorldHeritage
Home page | World Heritage Outlook
The IUCN World Heritage Outlook provides an independent assessment of the state of conservation of our natural heritage and its potential to be maintained in the future.
worldheritageoutlook.iucn.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM
takvera.bsky.social
We cycled past #BababiDjinanang native grasslands. Merri creek Management Committee have done a recent cool burn, #CaringForCountry. This allows small critters to escape, burns invasive plants, allows regeneration of native grasses. And maybe encourage kangaroos to visit
#LifeInFawkner
The eastern area of native grasslands recently burnt as part of managing the vegetation as part of caring for country. Two chihuahuas in a bike basket in the foreground.
November 20, 2024 at 3:32 PM
ciehf.bsky.social
Where the Water Starts 🌊🌿
CIEHF’s Dr Frédérik Saltré & Wiradjuri river guide Richard Swain led a powerful Q&A at @austmus on caring for fragile alpine environments last Saturday. Watch the trailer for this insightful new documentary here: vimeo.com/838259762
#CaringForCountry #WhereTheWaterStarts
Where the Water Starts - trailer
“While the connection between Indigenous people and the land is at the heart of the film, the message is also one of a partnership between Indigenous people,…
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June 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
lyrebirddream.bsky.social
When you’re smoked, you know you’re welcome. 🖤💛❤️

Read my blog about the importance of connecting and caring for country on the Cumberland Plain.

www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/when-you-re-smoked-you-know-you-re-welcome #CaringForCountry #FirstNations”
When You’re Smoked, You Know You’re Welcome
This week, as part of the Caring for Country Aboriginal community engagement work that Lyrebird Dreaming is leading in collaboration with the NSW Department of Planning, Housing, and Infrastructure, I...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
November 23, 2024 at 9:09 AM
stopthestigma.bsky.social
Feeling stifled by climate change grief? Try practising the 'three L's' #climatechange #climatetargets #caringforcountry
Feeling stifled by climate change grief? Try practising the 'three L's'
If you're overwhelmed by emissions targets, climate change and environmental collapse, start small and look to First Nations practices to help your wellbeing and the world around you.
www.abc.net.au
September 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
yinarr.bsky.social
It's called a bin or trash can where you might be. Use it.

#CaringForCountry
#TheOceanCleanup

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The Ocean Cleanup’s System 03 Captures Record Amounts of Plastic From the Pacific
The Ocean Cleanup is currently testing System 03, a massive plastic pollution collection device that captures tons of floating debris in the Great Pacific Ga...
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April 12, 2024 at 11:24 AM
terrainnrm.bsky.social
"There are too many animals going extinct and we just shouldn't let it go that far. One way we can help is restoring seagrass meadows - the kidneys of the ocean." - Land & Sea Ranger Markeeta Sullivan

#seagrass #greatbarrierreef #caringforcountry
Markeeta Sullivan: “We’ve got to restore seagrass meadows as they are the kidneys of the ocean”
Markeeta is a passionate Gidarjil Indigenous Land and Sea Ranger and Research Officer who is based in Gladstone where she plays a vital role in running the world’s largest seagrass nursery.
www.barrierreef.org
March 5, 2026 at 1:17 AM