Kenbi

The Kenbi Rangers, based on Cox Peninsula, formed in 2011 initially through support from the Northern Territory government. They are currently funded through the Indigenous Land Corporation’s Real Jobs Program and have a core team of four rangers. Their successful land management activities to this date have led to various contracts with both the private and government sectors that have allowed them to expand their ranger group and assets to include more casual employment and training.

The finalisation of the Kenbi land claim in 2016 after a 37 year long waiting period has unlocked opportunities for the traditional owners and the rangers, and they have developed a Healthy Country Plan to help guide the work of the rangers and to realise these opportunities.

The expansion of their contracts enabled the Kenbi rangers to purchase two in-survey vessels further increasing their land and sea management areas and allowing them to undertake marine surveys and access the nearby Indian Island.

More recently, the Kenbi Rangers engaged in a partnership with scientists from the University of Melbourne that aimed to establish a population of endangered Northern quolls trained to avoid easting cane toads, one of the identified threats to the quolls. The quolls were released in 2017 and the rangers will now have a continuing role in monitoring their health and population growth on Indian Island.