Watch this film to see how our Nyangumarta Ranger team are trialling ways to share their good way desert fire story with the new Australian nature market and beyond.

This project uses the Desert Habitat Method (DHM), a science tool that helps rangers measure how good fire affects spinifex grasslands, including bushfoods, animals, and their habitat. The DHM could help Nyangumarta and other desert groups take part in Australia’s new nature market, where Indigenous land owners could earn support and funding for healthy land and biodiversity.

Nyangumarta are working together with the Indigenous Desert Alliance (IDA), mixing local and traditional knowledge with western science to make sure:

• The project uses local knowledge in the right way

• The maps and data match what’s really happening on Country

• The work helps rangers meet their own goals for healthy Country