Kuka Kanyini
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Kuka Kanyini loosely means "looking after game animals" in the Australian Aboriginal
Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara (APY) language. In some of the remotest regions of central Australia, Anangu
Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara are better managing their land and wildlife resources using adaptive management plans based on Kuka Kanyini.
"Kuka Kanyini" draws on traditional land management practices and sets out priorities for scientists to work with Indigenous communities to help them manage their lands themselves. It is currently being implemented in the APY Lands, South Australia
and on Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area
, Northern Territory
.
Australian Aborigines
Australian Aborigines , also called Aboriginal Australians, from the latin ab originem , are people who are indigenous to most of the Australian continentthat is, to mainland Australia and the island of Tasmania...
Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara (APY) language. In some of the remotest regions of central Australia, Anangu
Anangu
Anangu, more accurately "Aṉaŋu" or "Arnangu" is a word found in a number of eastern varieties of the Western Desert Language , an Australian Aboriginal language of the Pama–Nyungan family, spoken in the desert regions of western and central Australia. Before the arrival of non-Aboriginal people in...
Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara are better managing their land and wildlife resources using adaptive management plans based on Kuka Kanyini.
"Kuka Kanyini" draws on traditional land management practices and sets out priorities for scientists to work with Indigenous communities to help them manage their lands themselves. It is currently being implemented in the APY Lands, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
and on Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area
Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area
Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area is an Indigenous-owned pastoral lease, within the MacDonnell Shire area, 300 km south-west of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 135 km east from Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park , 100 km south-east of Kings Canyon/Watarrka National Park and...
, Northern Territory
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...
.