Located in the heart of the Gulf of Carpentaria, the Li-Anthawirriyarra Sea Country Rangers have been operating since 2003 and have large areas of country recognised as Indigenous Protect Areas. Evolving from an initial 2 rangers to now 16 and are leaders within their community.

The South Australian Murray-Darling Basin (SAMDB) NRM Board know how important the Danggali mallee landscape is to the people that live, work and visit the area. To help protect and restore the values that all those people care about SAMDB NRM Board worked with Birdlife Australia, Australian Lands Trust and Conservation Management to bring stakeholders and Traditional Owners together to develop a landscape scale Conservation Action Plan for the area.

Planning and adaptive management for protected areas. Expressions of Interest are open for a five-day Open Standards / Healthy Country Planning workshop in the biodiversity hotspot of the Tasmanian Midlands.

The independent evaluation of WWF-Malaysia’s Peninsular Malaysia Terrestrial Conservation Programme conducted by Conservation Management is part of their commitment to review, learn and improve so that long-term and sustainable conservation impact can be achieved.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Improvement (MERI), or ‘closing the loop’, is a term we are hearing and using more and more in our projects. In simple terms, once you’ve developed your plan and put it into action, MERI asks – “Is it working?”.

Tailored Communications are an integral part of Healthy Country Programs. Community leaders from the Narungga, Nukunu, and Ngadjuri Nations of South Australia as well as Natural Resources Northern and Yorke (NRNY) are committed to supporting the development of Healthy Country Plans (HCP) for these Nations.

The Peninsular Malaysia Terrestrial Conservation Program, WWF (World Wildlife Fund)-Malaysia, are fulfilling a critical stage of their journey to healthier landscapes by funding an independent evaluation for the first phase of their programme. This will focus on achievements to date, as well as recommendations for the next stage of activity.

Conservation professionals from across the world made their way to the small town of Poatina, Tasmania to take part in the latest Healthy Country Planning and Open Standards Workshop. Watch attendees reactions to the value of this workshop to them, their countries and communities.

First Nation from Canada recently came together with staff from The Nature Conservancy, workshop facilitators, and Conservation Management in Stanley Park, Vancouver.  At the end of the week, teams were asked to write down what they had learnt about Healthy Country Planning.