Environmental Protection   

Western Australia
Traditional Owners clear decades of rubbish from remote Kimberley bay
Traditional Owners have removed a boatload of rubbish from sea Country from one...
Natasha Clark 3 Jun 2026
National Environment Week drives local action across Samoa
Samoa has launched new biodiversity, invasive species and environmental communic...
Rebekah Rasmussen 26 May 2026
Indigenous rangers discover Boorloo / Perth Hills population of rare native fish thought to be extinct
Key points:- A native fish species, the Balston's pygmy perch was thought to be...
Giovanni Torre 25 May 2026
Locals save Mandoon Bilya from massive AI data centre
Plans for a hyperscale data centre in Boorloo / Perth's east have been scrapped...
David Prestipino 15 May 2026
Traditional Owners blame Rio Tinto groundwater pumping for drying sacred Pilbara waterhole

Yarrala, a waterhole in Western Australia's West Pilbara where Robe River Kuruma women once gave birth, has dried out and filled with red pindan earth, with Traditional Owners blaming Rio Tinto's grou...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark May 7, 2026
Amnesty International condemns Canadian court system’s treatment of Wet’suwet’en land defender Chief Dsta’hyl

Amnesty International has condemned Canadian authorities for unjustly criminalising an Indigenous leader defending Country. On April 28, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia ruled that Likhts'amis...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 7, 2026
Aboriginal forest defender speaks out on 'shock' rejection of request for on-Country hearing

An Aboriginal woman has been left shocked after an on-Country hearing request was rejected by a Hobart magistrate last week. Ruth Langford sought the approval of Chief Magistrate Catherine Geason this...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Apr 30, 2026
Alberta separatism in Canada: 'One of the most troubling times in my lifetime for First Nations people'

With the threat of separatism from Canada and annexation by the United States, persistent treaty violations, fast-tracked resource development projects, and ongoing societal issues, the present moment...

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Thomas Law Apr 28, 2026
Cultural heritage key as vast Pilungah Reserve permanently protected from mining, logging and grazing

A significant stretch of Country in north-western Queensland - about twice the size of Magandjin / Brisbane - has been granted the highest level of legal protection for private land in Australia.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 28, 2026
Indigenous-led cultural burning program expands across NSW and ACT

An Indigenous-led cultural burning research program will be expanded across parts of New South Wales and the ACT. First Nations communities, the Australian National University and the NSW Government's...

Jackson Clark Jackson Clark Apr 27, 2026
Magistrate denies Aboriginal forest protester's on-Country hearing request

An Aboriginal woman's request for her trespass case to be heard on Country has been rejected by a Hobart magistrate. Yorta Yorta/Dja Dja Wurrung woman Ruth Langford's request for her hearing relating...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Apr 20, 2026
Indigenous firm WV Tech leading the way in e-waste recycling

A First Nations business is leading the way when it comes to recycling, recovery of precious metals and job creation with the company preventing 19 million kilograms of e-waste being sent to landfill...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 16, 2026
'The Hidden One' revealed - newly identified skink species known to Wiimpatja Traditional Owners as Kungaka

A lizard known to Wiimpatja Aboriginal Owners as Kungaka - the Hidden One - has been formally described as a new species, acknowledged in research published Tuesday in Zootaxa.

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Apr 14, 2026
Traditional Owners strike $5 million deal for Indigenous-focused Horizontal Falls tours

Boat tours at the iconic Horizontal Falls will continue and be expanded to include more Indigenous elements until 2028. A new deal between the WA government, Traditional Owners and operators was struc...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Apr 14, 2026
Peru's largest Indigenous organisation takes stand against illegal mining as nation votes

Peruvians headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president and Congress, but illegal mining — a major driver of deforestation and mercury pollution — has received little attention on...

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Steve Grattan Apr 13, 2026
Drastic caribou decline sparks urgent talks between Indigenous leaders and Quebec officials

Indigenous leaders in Quebec are weighing measures to address the decline in Caribou numbers. The Leaf River caribou population in the north of the Canadian province have been in drastic decline in re...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 3, 2026
'Fundamental to our history, culture, and future' - Indian Peaks Band files to protect Tribal water rights in Utah

The Indian Peaks Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, represented by the Native American Rights Fund, filed a Notice of Appeal and Petition for Stay with the US Department of the Interior on Wedne...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 3, 2026
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