​​Rangers: Guardians of a Changing Planet​

​​The Eastern Kuku Yalanji ranger program has been delivered by the Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation for 12 years. The program delivers important environmental, cultural and community outcomes.

​Rangers undertake weed and feral animal control, fire management, revegetation, biodiversity monitoring, cultural heritage protection, visitor management, and environmental data collection. The program helps protect Country while creating local employment, building skills, and strengthening the transfer of cultural knowledge between generations.

​Recent achievements include planting more than 5,000 trees, restoring coral on the Great Barrier Reef, rehabilitating damaged roads, removing rubbish from local beaches, and supporting the Mossman Junior Rangers program. Through this work, the Jabalbina Rangers play a vital role in protecting cultural heritage, enhancing biodiversity, and ensuring Country remains healthy for future generations.

​The Eastern Kuku Yalanji ranger program is supported by the Australian and Queensland Governments, including the National Indigenous Australians Agency’s Indigenous Rangers Program (IRP). The IRP supports First Nations people to manage Country according to Traditional Owner priorities by combining cultural knowledge with contemporary land and sea management practices.