Everyday love for land: Australia’s Indigenous rangers heed Canada’s call for help

The Trudeau government has recruited Arnhem Land rangers as part of a $25m program to increase protected land and sea

Dean Yibarbuk is a very long way from home, standing in the snow in Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories of Canada with only his eyes visible through layers of winter gear. It’s -36C.

Yibarbuk is a traditional owner of Djinkarr, near Maningrida in Arnhem Land. He’s a scientist and a senior ranger with Warddeken, the Aboriginal-owned, not-for-profit company looking after country using traditional fire management practices to deal with climate change.

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