(1) We’re reinvigorating traditional knowledge about water places and letting elders get back more control of country through the ranger program.” The Bardi Jawi rangers are based at One Arm Point on Western Australia’s Dampier Peninsula, and manage over 250km of coastline.
(2) Daniel Oades, IPA coordinator for the Bardi Jawi rangers in the Kimberley region, is in charge of 14 employees, and engages about 50 traditional owners each year in caring for their land and sea.
(3) Watson, a Nyikina Mangala man, and Hunter, a Bardi Jawi man, said they hoped the international awareness garnered by taking the issue to the UN would have some influence over domestic policy.