Northern Australia is one of the most spectacular places on Earth.
However, like all our natural treasures,
it remains vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
G’Day, Ernie Dingo here.
I want to share with you a story
of how fire management across the top half of Australia
is helping to reduce emissions, benefit community and businesses
and help the environment.
That fire has been part of our life
since the beginning of time.
We probably invented fire.
Healthy Country, healthy people,
and fire played a big part in that.
All our old people,
they were telling this story about
you do right-way fire,
you will get good rain,
animal will come back,
a lot of good flower, good honey.
Embedded in the culture and in the land,
traditional fire management has been more recently reinvigorated
with the support of the Australian Government's Emissions Reduction Fund.
Savanna fire management reduces emissions by reducing frequency and extent
of destructive light dry season wildfires.
This story of savanna fire management isn't a new one.
These techniques have been used for tens of thousands of years,
but it's the right way fire mob who's been combining modern science
and traditional knowledge to build an industry
and make a big difference in our country.
It brings in more opportunities, more jobs
for local people and our people as well
so that, you know, people can continue
what we're doing today, is keep on looking after the land and our country.
Carbon offsetting is a critical element of our environmental program
and sustainability program at Qantas.
Every 59 seconds our passengers are offsetting their flights
and one of their big passions, and demands,
is Indigenous and Australian projects in our own backyard.
Being a woman ranger is just great.
You get to go around and see a lot of other places
and you know what's happening on their land
and they know what's happening on our land.
Carbon farming is good for us
because we have ranger job.
Wunambal Gaambera has our rangers.
It's good for, like to get people back out on Country.
to keep their Country strong and healthy.
Saving the planet, making money
but something we've been doing for centuries.
Our ancestors have been using fire
for hunting, gathering,
even using fire for getting
right-way married.
So fire, its a big stuff for us.
Savanna fire mob have been combining modern science
and traditional knowledge to build an industry
and make a big difference in our country, people and climate.
That really excites me.