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Welcome to the new Chairperson Mr Ryan Barrowei was elected as the Chairperson of the Kakadu Board. Ryan is a Wurrkbarbar Traditional Owner from one of the three Jawoyn clan groups in the southern part of Kakadu. Ryan previously held the position of Chairperson from 2012- 2014 and is looking forward to returning to this role and working closely with park management. New Guidelines are available for Commercial Image Capture and use in Kakadu! Welcome to the pg 1 Chairperson Welcome to the pg 1 Deputy Chairperson Kakadu Walking pg 2 Strategy Commercial Image pg 2 Capture and Use Guidelines Feral Animal pg 3 Management New Signage for pg 3 Kakadu Resilient ecosystems pg 3 And ecological Communities Toad Smart Quolls pg 4 Next Board meeting pg 4 MEETING NO: 101 MAY 2016 Kakadu Board of Management 2016 - 2021 The 101 st meeting of the Kakadu Board of Management was held at park headquarters on the 18 and 19 May. Current members of the Kakadu Board include: Michael Bangalang, Alfred Nayinggul, Jonathan Nadji, Yvonne Margarula, Jeff Lee, Mai Katona, Sampson Henry, Maria Lee, Bessie Coleman, Ryan Barrowei, Sally Barnes, Michael Douglas and Tony Mayell. The Tourism position is currently vacant and the Assistant Secretary position is temporarily filled by Geoff Bailey. Welcome to the new Deputy Chairperson Ms Maria Lee was elected as the Deputy Chairperson for the Kakadu Board. Maria is a Wurrkbarbar Traditional Owner from one of the three Jawoyn clan groups in the Southern part of Kakadu. Maria joined the Kakadu Board in 2012 and is looking forward to working more closely with park management and supporting the chairperson.

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Page 1: Kakadu Board Newsletter-Draft · The Kakadu Board were presented with the final draft of the Walking Strategy for Kakadu National Park. A walking manual has been developed along with

Welcome to the new Chairperson

Mr Ryan Barrowei was elected as the Chairperson of the Kakadu Board. Ryan is a Wurrkbarbar Traditional Owner from one of the three Jawoyn clan groups in the southern part of Kakadu. Ryan previously held the position of Chairperson from 2012-2014 and is looking forward to returning to this role and working closely with park management.

New Guidelines are available for

Commercial Image Capture and use in Kakadu!

Welcome to the pg 1 Chairperson Welcome to the pg 1 Deputy Chairperson Kakadu Walking pg 2 Strategy Commercial Image pg 2 Capture and Use Guidelines Feral Animal pg 3 Management New Signage for pg 3 Kakadu Resilient ecosystems pg 3 And ecological Communities Toad Smart Quolls pg 4 Next Board meeting pg 4

MEETING NO: 101 MAY 2016

Kakadu Board of Management 2016 - 2021

The 101st meeting of the Kakadu Board of Management was held at park headquarters on the 18 and 19 May. Current members of the Kakadu Board include: Michael Bangalang, Alfred Nayinggul, Jonathan Nadji, Yvonne Margarula, Jeff Lee, Mai Katona, Sampson Henry, Maria Lee, Bessie Coleman, Ryan Barrowei, Sally Barnes, Michael Douglas and Tony Mayell. The Tourism position is currently vacant and the Assistant Secretary position is temporarily filled by Geoff Bailey.

Welcome to the new Deputy Chairperson

Ms Maria Lee was elected as the Deputy Chairperson for the Kakadu Board. Maria is a Wurrkbarbar Traditional Owner from one of the three Jawoyn clan groups in the Southern part of Kakadu. Maria joined the Kakadu Board in 2012 and is looking forward to working more closely with park management and supporting the chairperson.

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Kakadu National Park Walking Strategy

The Tourism and Visitor Services Unit have worked on the development of the Walking Strategy for Kakadu over the past 3 years. This Strategy was developed in consultation with traditional owners and relevant stakeholders of Kakadu. The Kakadu Board were presented with the final draft of the Walking Strategy for Kakadu National Park. A walking manual has been developed along with the overnight bushwalking guidelines for the park. There are many walking tracks throughout Kakadu that were established many years ago and need to be upgraded. This work will provide opportunities for local Bininj to gain experiences in Track development and maintenance, working on the various walking tracks across the park. The Kakadu Board endorsed the Kakadu Walking Strategy for implementation across the Park.

If you would like more information on the Kakadu Walking Strategy or the walking tracks available across the park please contact the Tourism and Visitor Services Unit on 8938 1100.

New Guidelines for Commercial Image Capture and Use in

Kakadu

Park management have developed guidelines for commercial image capture and use in Kakadu.

The guidelines are designed to provide more flexibility with diverse projects, simplify processes, improve partnerships with the tourism industry, greater park promotion, increase involvement and employment opportunities for Bininj/Mungguy.

The guidelines were developed in consultation with Traditional Owners, relevant stakeholders and the broader industry.

The Board approved the guidelines for implementation across the park. Information on the guidelines can be obtained by contacting the Tourism and Visitor Services Unit on 8938 1170.

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New Signage for Kakadu

Board members were provided with an update on work underway by the Tourism and Visitor Services Unit to update all the signage across the park which is part of the Kakadu brand rollout.

The project covers signage for safety messaging; directional signs, regulatory signage, interpretive signs at visitor sights and entry signs.

The northern and southern entry signs are in the final stages with work conmmencing on the interpretive signs for a number of visitor sites once consultations with traditional owners is finalised.

Signage at visitor sites will include the use of language as determined by traditional owners.

Resilient ecosystems and ecological communities

The Director of National Parks advised Board members that the Minister for Environment has targeted 20 rare birds and mammals for extra management effort to improve their outlook by 2020.

This is one of the actions from the recently released Threatened Species Strategy for Australia’s declining wildlife.

For Kakadu, this includes brush-tailed rabbit rats, yellow chats and white throated grass wrens. The Cultural Heritage and Biodiversity Management Unit are working on projects to further protect these species.

Feral Animal Management in Kakadu National Park

Feral animals such as buffalo, pigs, cattle, horses and donkeys if left to breed can cause significant damage to Kakadu’s environmental and cultural values and present a risk to public safety.

Board members were presented with a number of strategies that will assist park management in reducing the number of feral animals across the park. These strategies include conducting immediate response to feral animals that pose a risk to public safety, removal of feral animals from visitor sites and along all roadways and development of an ongoing park wide control program.

The Board approved protocols for the implementation of these strategies across the park and agreed for a working group to be formed that will commence work on the development of an ongoing park wide control program.

To report sightings of feral animals in the park please contact park headquarters on 8938 1100.

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Kakadu Board of Management

August 2016

The Kakadu Board will be meeting in Pine Creek from the 23rd to 25th August 2016.

Threatened Species - Toad Smart Quolls in Kakadu

Board members were updated on a project that is supported by the Threatened Species Commissioner, Gregory Andrews to aid in the protection of northern quolls against the devastating affects of cane toads.

The project trains quolls to avoid eating cane toads and is proving to be successful with the trained animals passing this knowledge onto their offspring which will aid in survival of the species.

The project has released a number of trained quolls in the Mary River region, in a location that may provide a safe environment for the quolls to re-establish a population in the south of the park.

The Kakadu Board Newsletter is now available electronically. Please contact the Board Executive Officer, Trissie Bell

to get your copy.

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 8938 1109