
DARUMBAL CROWN-OF-THORNS STARFISH MANAGEMENT
Developing the leadership skills and capabilities to manage COTS, and building COTS and SCUBA skills through training.

LEADING. INSPIRING. HEALING.
Traditional Owners are leaders in the largest-ever effort to protect the Reef and its Catchments.
PARTNERSHIPS & TRAINING ARE BRINGING BIG RESULTS FOR GUNGGANDJI-MANDINGBALBAY YIDINJI RANGERS
Networking and forming vital partnerships.
JABALBINA IS SAFEGUARDING THEIR TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE
Preserving Elders’ knowledge of water management
HEALING MIXED WATER ON KOINMERBURRA COUNTRY
Creating a long-term restoration plan for the St Lawrence Wetlands
PRESERVING COUNTRY AND CULTURE
Goondoi is healing Country through education and connection to culture
GENUINE CO-DESIGN AND CO-DELIVERY
As part of the Reef Trust Partnership, Traditional Owners are delivering long-held aspirations and goals.
Integrated Monitoring & Reporting
Better data, better outcomes by weaving together the “two ways of knowing”.
Reef Restoration & Adaptation Science
Creating equity and changing the conversation for Traditional Owners.
Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (COTS) Control Program
Equipping Traditional Owners of the Reef – for today and beyond.
WHERE IT BEGAN
Learn the origin story of our unprecedented co-design approach to program delivery and how it’s positioning Traditional Owners as central partners in the care, management and protection of the Great Barrier Reef and its catchment.
OUR JOURNEY: PART 2
A four-part series exploring the origins of the revolutionary co-design approach that’s leading to better outcomes for the Reef and for Traditional Owners.
THE IMPORTANCE OF CO-DESIGN
In partnership with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Traditional Owners are at the centre of the largest ever co-designed Reef protection effort. By weaving Traditional Knowledge with Western science, they’re developing and applying innovative solutions to the challenges threatening the Reef. See how co-design is leading to better outcomes for Traditional Owners and the Reef.
TRADITIONAL OWNER ADVISORY GROUP
TRADITIONAL OWNER TECHNICAL WORKING GROUPS
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