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Social, Cultural and Economic Benefits The Martu Living Deserts Project provides significant employment opportunities for Martu to look after their culture and country. KJ is the single largest employer of Martu people and provides permanent and casual employment opportunities for in excess of 250 Martu. The strong connections that remain between Martu and their country provide a unique opportunity to preserve comprehensive, traditional knowledge of Martu culture and heritage; leave a legacy of sustainability in Australia; and achieve conservation success on a truly global scale. With support from BHPBIO and conservation and capacity-building expertise from TNC, this collaboration has provided a model that can be replicated around the world. As opportunities for creating sustainable landscapes within Indigenous communities and elsewhere continue to arise, this model is successfully demonstrating that leveraging private investment in conservation can lead to favourable outcomes for all. Martu Living Deserts Project Warrarnpa Kana The Martu lands are part of the most intact arid ecosystem anywhere on Earth and are home to many of Australia’s most threatened species, like the Greater Bilby, the Black-flanked Rockwallaby and the Brush-tailed Mulgara. These lands also hold immense cultural significance – extensive rock art and significant Jukurrpa (dreaming) stories. Having lived on this country for at least 5,000 years, the Martu people have an immense depth of traditional knowledge. Their management of country is central to the ongoing survival of this vast and important arid landscape. Working with Martu to keep people and country healthy The Martu Living Deserts Project is a conservation project of global significance in a region of rich biodiversity. Spanning an area twice the size of Tasmania, the project assists the Martu people of the Western Desert to continue their remarkable connection to country. It combines modern scientific land management with Indigenous ecological knowledge. A partnership between BHP Billiton Iron Ore (BHPBIO), The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa (KJ), the project conserves part of the world’s most intact desert. Men’s and women’s Martu ranger teams are restoring traditional burning practices, controlling feral animals, rehabilitating water holes and protecting threatened species like bilbies and rock-wallabies, with support from scientists. Martu culture is one of the world’s oldest. For thousands of years, three of Australia’s western deserts have evolved under the stewardship of their Traditional Owners, the Martu people. Their lands - or ‘country’include parts of the Great Sandy, Little Sandy and Gibson Deserts. BROOME Jigalong Punmu Kunawarritji Parnngurr NEWMAN M A R T U L A N D S PERTH In 2013, working with the Department of Parks and Wildlife, 26 Black-flanked Rock-wallabies were translocated to re-establish a population of this threatened species within Martu country. By controlling feral predators at this site, the rockwallabies are thriving which helps reduce the risk of extinction of this important species on Martu country. Through the project, Martu people have identified the things they value (or that are important to them) on their country: || Martu traditional cultural and ecological knowledge || Martu having livelihoods based on their country and knowledge || Cultural sites || Threatened fauna such as small mammals || Waterholes and other water sources || Salt lake systems and claypans || Bush tucker traditionally harvested by Martu These values are negatively impacted by a number of threats: || Feral herbivores such as camels and donkeys || Altered fire regimes dominated by large hot summer wildfires || Unauthorised tourist visitation || Inappropriate development impacting on cultural and other values || Knowledge not being transferred to younger generations || Feral predators such as cats || Invasive weeds || New unplanned roads || || Martu no longer living on country Climate change How is the project helping to reduce these threats? The Project’s partners are working together to ensure effective conservation, while balancing Martu aspirations to look after their country and harness economic development. Through the Project the Martu rangers: || Manage feral herbivores and predators || Conduct cool season burns that are smaller and less intense than hot summer wild fires and result in a more diverse range of habitats for threatened species || Clean waterholes || Help to protect threatened species || Engage tourists by checking permits and giving presentations at major camping sites on the Canning Stock Route The Greater Bilby is one of Australia’s most iconic threatened species with some of the last strongholds in the wild being found on Martu country. Martu rangers are working with desert scientists to understand how threats such as feral predators and altered fire regimes can be managed to lessen their impact on the Bilby’s survival. Social, Cultural and Economic Benefits The Martu Living Deserts Project provides significant employment opportunities for Martu to look after their culture and country. KJ is the single largest employer of Martu people and provides permanent and casual employment opportunities for in excess of 250 Martu. The strong connections that remain between Martu and their country provide a unique opportunity to preserve comprehensive, traditional knowledge of Martu culture and heritage; leave a legacy of sustainability in Australia; and achieve conservation success on a truly global scale. With support from BHPBIO and conservation and capacity-building expertise from TNC, this collaboration has provided a model that can be replicated around the world. As opportunities for creating sustainable landscapes within Indigenous communities and elsewhere continue to arise, this model is successfully demonstrating that leveraging private investment in conservation can lead to favourable outcomes for all. Martu Living Deserts Project Warrarnpa Kana