For Australia’s Indigenous Desert Alliance, caring for Country starts with a story

Mongabay20 October 2026, 20:07 UTCAustralia

This week on the Mongabay Newscast, Samantha Murray, CEO of the Indigenous Desert Alliance, joins the program to discuss the IDA’s recent nomination for an Earthshot Prize. The alliance is a network of 70 ranger teams across the Australian desert, covering 270 million hectares (667 million acres), an area almost as large as Argentina. This […]

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