The Australian Federal Government and traditional landowners signed the first of two agreements today establishing two immense and globally significant conservation reserves on indigenous lands in the Northern Territory of Australia. The second agreement will be signed tomorrow on-site.
Click here to read the full press release.
Click here for a related press release from the Minister of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts.
Click here for a factsheet on Declaration of Djelk and Warddeken IPAs.
Click here for photos of the declaration/indigenous reserves.