Landcare Australia
Monday 6 September 2021: Nominations are open for the 2021 State and Territory KPMG Indigenous Land Management Award that acknowledges an outstanding Indigenous community group or individual that is working towards improving land use and/or enhancing or protecting an area on behalf of the community.
State and Territory winners of the KPMG Indigenous Land Management Award will automatically become finalists in the 2022 National Landcare Awards to be held later next year.
In August 2021, the Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation from Western Australia, holders and managers of the Native Title rights and interests of the Wunambal Gaambera people won the National KPMG Indigenous Land Management Award.
The Wunambal Gaambera country covers some 2.5 million hectares of some of the most ecologically and culturally significant land in Australia, including mainland and islands. Wunambal Gaambera country is a key cultural and ecological stronghold within the Kimberley region.
The Wunambal Gaambera people made a Healthy Country Plan – a world first – to help them keep their country and culture healthy and to build the capacity and wealth of their families to live on their country into the future. This plan importantly has a dual emphasis on cultural and ecological targets, with the Corporation creating a fresh new way of linking measures of Indigenous health with measures of ecosystem health.
KPMG Australia Chairman, Alison Kitchen says "KPMG has partnered with Landcare Australia for 5 years, primarily through volunteering and conversation projects. This year we were excited to expand our partnership on our first co-branded probono piece titled 'Building resilience in local communities' – looking at the mental health benefits of volunteering through Landcare. We are delighted to extend that relationship again as the sponsor of the KPMG Indigenous Land Management Award"
Landcare Australia CEO, Dr Shane Norrish says, "The KPMG Indigenous Land Management Award is a terrific opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate how Indigenous community groups or individuals are improving land use, as well as enhancing or protecting an area on behalf of the community."
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