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Building Indigenous community capacity

This project aims to engage with the Indigenous community of North East Victoria to build capacity for Indigenous engagement in natural resource management in three key areas. The areas that have been identified as the highest priorities by local Elders are:

building the capacity of Indigenous youth to play leadership roles within their communities
build confidence in and use of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in natural resource management (NRM) within the Indigenous and broader community and;
working with a Traditional Owner Group to develop an enterprise model for delivering cultural heritage and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) training and NRM services in the region.

If you would like to learn more about this project contact:

North East Catchment Management Authority

1300 216 513

Alpine Knowledge Share

Traditional Owners met for what would be an historic gathering between Jaithmathang and Gunaikurnai and the first time that several group members had visited their own country. Find out more about this gathering on the project review StoryMap.

Working together to protect Taungurung country

The North East Catchment Management Authority (CMA) has partnered with Parks Victoria and Taungurung Land and Waters Council (TLaWC) to protect and manage Taungurung Country. The project included three days of targeted training on alpine ecology and on-ground weed control on alpine peatland complexes across Mt Buffalo National Park.