Save Murray River Red Gum Wetlands

1. Management and access rights for Indigenous Traditional Owners in the Murray River region to working on Country
2. improve conservation outcomes for red gum wetlands and associated ecosystems
3. increased environmental and cultural water flows in the waterways of the Murray Darling Basin

Environment - Conservation and Environmental Education

Less than 5% of the original red gum wetland forests and associated ecosystems are currently protected in south-east Australia.

Indigenous Traditional Owners of Country have been calling for better environmental management of the natural resources of the lands and waters for more than a century.

Friends of the Earth Melbourne has been campaigning with the Yorta Yorta Nation for the past 8 years for better environmental and cultural sustainability over Yorta Yorta Country, including the campaign to allow for joint management of (National) Parks between Traditional Owners and the State of Victoria.

For the past 2 years Friends of the Earth Melbourne has been working with an Alliance of organisations to achieve these same aspirations right along the Murray and Lower Darling Rivers. This Alliance includes:

1. MLDRIN - the Murray and Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations - confederation which includes the Yorta Yorta, Wiradjuri, Wamba Wamba, Barapa Barapa, Wadi Wadi, and Latji Latji Indigenous Nations.

2. a raft of environmental NGOs (especially NSW National Parks Association, Victorian National Parks Association, The Wilderness Society).

Please visit our campaign websites where more information regularly updated,

http://melbourne.foe.org.au/?q=b...

http://www.saveredgum.org

and sign up for the monthly Barmah Millewa Campaign news bulletin by emailing: barmah[at]foe.org.au