This April, Nyikina Mangala Rangers and Walalakoo Aboriginal Corporation visited and recorded the names and locations of a number of culturally important river sites on Nyikina Mangala country, in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The project was supported by the Kimberley Land Council and a researcher from the Northern Australian Environmental Science Program (NESP). We hope you enjoy!
Large-scale natural resource development projects profoundly transform environments, communities, cultures and economies, and often generate social conflict. Impact Assessments play a critical role in limiting impacts from development projects to both the environment and the communities, but often with limited consideration of social and cultural values. In partnership with The Nature Conservancy, Walalakoo Aboriginal Corporation and Nyikina Mangala Traditional Owners developed a novel framework for the integration of biodiversity, social and cultural values in the impact assessment process. The Development-by-Design decision making framework and impact analysis tool is intended to enable better decision-making and facilitate free, prior, and informed consent in the development and land use planning process. Click the picture above or here for a link to the video.
Welcome to the 2017 Walalakoo Annual Members' Report. Our report contains updates on all activities, from the fantastic work that our rangers are doing, through to fantastic projects like Development by Design. Click the picture above to access the full report.
To access a low res version of the Walalakoo Healthy Country Plan, please click here !
