The latest news and events from the 10 Deserts Project
The latest news and events from the 10 Deserts Project
10DP fire management officers have made a great started the year. In conjunction with traditional owners and desert rangers, the team have produced a seasonal fire calendar for desert regions (above). The calendar provides information on general trends across the desert country, which can be used in each of the desert areas to start the […]
The 10DP recently provided support to the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands executive to carry out feral camel removal operations. Over six days in late January, more than 5,000 feral camels were humanly culled to reduce the damage that they were causing to cultural sites, the environment and the community infrastructure, and to address the […]
World Indigenous Tourism Summit 6-9 April, Perth The 10DP will support desert groups to attend the World Indigenous Tourism Summit in Perth. The summit, which was scheduled to take place from 6–9 April, is postponed until 2–5 November 2020 due to Covid-19. The summit will be a great opportunity to: keep building the momentum around desert tourism […]
Back row from left: Jim Oatley (Spinifex), Shane Doudle, Ian Baird (Spinifex), Sam Doudle (IDA), Anna Szava (Spinifex), Belinda (Lil) Margan (SA Parks), Tamahina Cox (SA Parks), Adam Wood (SA Parks), Dale Furley (FWCAC) Front row from left: Hannah Cliff (10DP), Natasha Williams (IDA) 10 Deserts Project monitoring and evaluation officer Hannah Cliff and […]
Last week the 10 Deserts Project steering committee came together in Perth for two days (10-11 December). The committee comprises members from each of our seven Indigenous project partner organisations. The last meeting of 2019 focused on reviewing project activities and governance matters. The committee also elected a new deputy chair – Peter Murray. Peter […]
Andrew Minyardie (chair 10DP steering committee) and Peter See (general manager 10DP) attended PLC19 on behalf of the project. At the conference they met up with Indigenous rangers from the new Oak Valley ranger team as well as representatives of a number of APY Indigenous protected areas (IPAs) and Sally Scales, the APY chairperson. Thanks […]