00:00From Canberra all the way to Wurrameunga.
00:05An agreement for land management on the Tiwi Islands to be handed over to First Nations people.
00:11It's very important for the Tiwi to know about the IPA, the Indigenous Protected Area.
00:19The Tiwis are now Australia's 93rd IPA,
00:22around 85% of which have local rangers taking on responsibilities such as biosecurity and fire management.
00:29For senior rangers, like James DeSantis, that designation means more opportunities to mentor high school students into junior rangers.
00:37It is a big project for us rangers and we all enjoy it.
00:41The young junior rangers, they love it when we come out there and give them a hand.
00:47It feels good, yeah. Get out and go out and see the country all over, yeah.
00:52The establishment of the Tiwi Islands IPA comes at a time of rapid expansion for conservation efforts across Australia.
00:58This year, the Australian Federal Government set itself a target of conserving or protecting 30% of Australia's land mass by the year 2030.
01:06And it also wants to double the number of rangers charged with protecting many of those areas.
01:11This is part of that process of putting more rangers on country and making sure that, you know, our young people stay employed,
01:21that they're doing work that they enjoy doing and that's protecting and looking after their country.
01:28conservation, giving cause for celebration.
01:35progression.
01:37Yeah.
01:37yeah, yeah.
01:38Yeah.
01:39Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:40Yeah!
01:41Yeah, yeah, yeah!
01:42Yeah!
01:43Yeah!
01:44Yeah!
01:45combustion.
01:46Yeah!
01:47Yeah.
01:48Yeah, yeah, yeah!
01:49Yeah.
01:50Yeah, it's like a couple of Victory Falls, that's so bad.
01:51aptly.
01:52Yeah, yeah.
01:53Alright,
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