Ngurra Karti (The Getting Back Home) program has enabled Martu to return back to their communities in a timely manner. The program has reduced the time Martu spend in town and therefore exposure to toxic influences which exacerbate substance abuse, violence and destructive cycles or behaviours.

A look at the Homelands Movement during the 1980s; when Martu first decided to move away from towns and go back and live in the desert on their country.

Over 26 people have come together for this year’s annual Threatened Species Workshop to share information on the endangered Mulyamiji (Great Desert Skink).

Building the skills and confidence for Martu women to become leaders in their communities and the mainstream world.

Martu women — the holders of traditional botanical knowledge and expertise — will preserve valuable knowledge of bush foods, medicine and other plant materials.

UNESCO choses KJ’s Waru (Fire) Program to include in their Green Citizens projects — the only one in Australia this year (so far)!

When rains fill the Warntili claypan, the landscape of the desert changes into an abundance of wildlife and activity — and the Parnngurr rangers have captured quite a lot of movement!

Two of KJ’s ranger teams are now managing populations of mulyamiji (Great Desert Skink, Liopholis kintorei) — a species culturally significant for Martu, endemic to the western half of Australia and nationally listed as a vulnerable species.

When the COVID-19 crisis hit, the Martu communities took on an unexpected and crucial role. “We did a census in Newman,” says Peter. “The Martu population there went from about 370 people to about 190 people and of that 190 only about 40 are children. Working with Martu, we got old people and children as well as whole families out of the towns and back into communities.”

KJ’s men and women rangers continue to build on 10-year-strong fire-management partnership developed with Wildlife Service WA (PWS) Swan Coastal District fire crew.