Table of Contents Table of Contents
Previous Page  43 / 80 Next Page
Information
Show Menu
Previous Page 43 / 80 Next Page
Page Background

It created real job opportunities out of complex

challenges and could be taken seriously by investors.

Today, CYC is an Indigenous organisation attracting

government and philanthropic investment to

partnerships with traditional owners, and using

enterprise and innovation to generate sustainable

environmental solutions.

CSIRO money has been secured for pig tracking and

research, of which half will go to traditional owners

through a science industry development program set

to deliver over $500,000 in service and data collection

contracts. CYC recently hosted its first philanthropist

visit to Cape York, resulting in funding to establish

a science laboratory for the Yuku Baja Muliku junior

rangers in Cooktown, and a partnership to build two

remote accommodation facilities to accommodate

tourists, and scientists and rangers doing field work.

CYC is researching whether this could support reef

restoration initiatives following severe coral bleaching

on the northern Great Barrier Reef—potentially

creating dozens of jobs as well as reseeding some of

the most remote coral reefs in the world.

Larissa Hale, traditional owner and director of the Yuku

Baja Muliku Land Trust, is excited by the opportunities:

We are thrilled to receive support to establish a

science centre for our junior rangers, and hope

one day some of them will return to their country

as lead scientists. Cape York Conservation is

about putting traditional owners in the driver’s

seat of conservation design, and using expert

help such as Jawun secondees to drive our

initiatives. We want to diversify income for land

and sea management, and create real jobs in

conservation-based enterprise.

Cape York wetlands.

Photo: Frederic Courbet

3. ACCELERATING INDIGENOUS-LED ENTERPRISE 43