Australia's Great Cumbung Swamp has been transferred to long-term Indigenous ownership.
The Nari Nari Tribal Council now legally protect the 16,000 hectares of this ecosystem, reversing decades of logging and cattle grazing to restore critical habitat for threatened species.
A large property containing a unique wetland system in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin was transferred into long-term Indigenous ownership in 2026 for conservation. The 33,000-hectare (81,545-acre)…