Wild Australia

Located in the top eastern half of Australia's Northern Territory, Arnhem Land is a vast region with remarkable natural and cultural value. The area is known for its dozens of locally endemic plants and unique animals found nowhere else on Earth, thousands of rock art sites dating back 50,000 years, and spectacular scenery.

Wild Australia's Western Arnhem Land work aims to help conserve this Indigenous treasure by ensuring that traditional landowners can continue to protect and manage the land. The campaign has been working with the Djelk Rangers and Warddeken Land Management to support sound land management practices and the declaration of two Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs). These reserves, which were made official in September 2009, are located in Western and Central Arnhem Land about 500 kilometers (300 miles) from Darwin, and span 20,432 square kilometres (7,889 square miles), larger than the adjacent Kakadu National Park, and more than twice the size of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. The area includes sandstone gorges, pristine rivers, tropical savannah, and coastal wetlands. Wild Australia will continue to work with the Djelk and Warddeken to support the management of the new reserves.