NAIDOC Week 2021: Cultural Burning - Ambassador for the Environment visit to Tidbinbilla
Channel: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Date: 06/07/2021

Australia's Ambassador for the Environment, Mr Jamie Isbister visiting the Tidbinbilla Valley to meet with Indigenous rangers carrying out cultural burning. For at least 65,000 years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have used cultural land-management practices – including fire – to care for country. Cultural burning helps to protect biodiversity and reduce the impact of bushfires.