{"id":7090,"date":"2022-03-02T03:59:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T03:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/nature-refuges-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-03-13T23:21:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T23:21:42","slug":"djiru-people-caring-for-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/djiru-people-caring-for-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Caring for Country"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/treetopsslider.jpg” bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” enable_3d=”true” min_height=”500″ js_vertical_centered=”true” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” section_id=”donate” el_class=”donate-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][mk_fancy_title font_family=”none” align=”center”]BUILDING RAINFOREST RESILIENCE[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”67″][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section section_id=”great-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563789112768{padding-right: 36px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}” el_class=”great_header_left”][mk_padding_divider size=”100″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”15″ visibility=”visible-sm”][mk_padding_divider visibility=”visible-tl”][mk_fancy_title size=”28″ letter_spacing=”4″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none” el_class=”terrain-title-2″]DJIRU PEOPLE CARING FOR COUNTRY[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”60″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”5″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1646194754587{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Tree-planting and weed control work at Mission Beach is protecting endangered coastal rainforest and strengthening Djiru people\u2019s ties with traditional ceremonial land.<\/p>\n

Mission Beach’s Clump Point<\/h4>\n

At Clump Point lookout, Djiru traditional owners have been working with the Cassowary Coast Regional Council and Girringun rangers to plant thousands of trees on the edge of littoral rainforest where the land has been overrun by guinea grass.<\/p>\n

Djiru\u2019s Rona Hart said getting back on Country was grounding.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a special place – for thousands of years our ancestors met with other groups here, held ceremonies, fished, hunted and camped,\u2019\u2019 Mrs Hart said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always good to come back. We came as kids and growing up, and now I come with my own kids and grandkids. This new project has been an opportunity for other Djiru people to get back on Country too, through short-term employment, to keep the connection and learn new skills.\u201d<\/p>\n

A partnership project<\/h4>\n

The Clump Point area is a council reserve under an indigenous land use agreement and Mrs Hart plans to continue land management work in collaboration with the Cassowary Coast Regional Council and other organisations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe young trees are looking beautiful,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cBut there is always more weed management to do.<\/p>\n

“This kind of coordinated effort is really beneficial – it empowers Djiru people to become more involved in environmental issues and it also helps to bring traditional knowledge and cultural practices into shared land management.\u201d<\/p>\n

Protecting littoral rainforest<\/h4>\n

Littoral rainforest is listed as endangered, and Clump Point is the only place in the Wet Tropics where it is growing on volcanic soil.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563789122720{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 34px !important;}” el_class=”great_header_right”][mk_padding_divider size=”206″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_padding_divider size=”50″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1647213655629{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\"\"[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1646194769360{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The Clump Point initiative is one of Terrain NRM\u2019s Building Rainforest Resilience grant projects. Terrain\u2019s Tony O\u2019Malley said the organisation strongly supported traditional owner management of country and this project, where the council employed Djiru people for littoral rainforest restoration, was strengthening partnerships.<\/p>\n

Cassowary Coast Regional Council\u2019s Councillor and Environment portfolio holder Jeff Baines said the project had a positive impact on the environment and renewed everyone’s focus on the Clump Point area as a special place.<\/p>\n

\u201cUndertaking this project together with Traditional Owners ensures there is sustainability and a place-based approach to actions taken,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cSince the trees have been planted, Council has been focusing on regular maintenance and it\u2019s been heartening to see how quickly the trees have already grown.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Building Rainforest Resilience project is supported by Terrain NRM through funding from the Australian Government\u2019s National Landcare Program. Find out more.<\/a><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section section_id=”great-1-blog” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”105″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_padding_divider visibility=”hidden-sm”][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row fullwidth=”true” fullwidth_content=”false” id=”post_grid_filter_1″][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=”grid_greate_3″ css=”.vc_custom_1597127444819{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

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