Environs Kimberley :: Saving the nature of the Kimberley

Environs Kimberley :: Saving the nature of the Kimberley: 
MVT’s cover less than one tenth of 1% of the Dampier Peninsula, yet contain almost a quarter of the plant species. MVTs provide traditional food, medicine and materials for tools and other uses. They also harbour water sources. They are important for the retention of language, law and culture for Aboriginal groups along the Dampier Peninsula coast. “The risk of extinction poses great cultural and ecological loss,” Louise Beames said.

“It’s very important that MVTs are recognised and protected; they provide bush fruits and are homes for birds and wallabies, which are all declining from more bushfires through these areas”, said Bardi Jawi Head Ranger Phillip McCarthy.