Kuka Kanyini project

• Reach:

  SA

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The main goal of the Kuka Kanyini project relates to managing country, conserving biodiversity, maintaining culture, providing employment and training and improving the diet of remote communities. This was initiated in 2003 as a pilot around the remote community of Watarru in the far north west Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands. The project is a local community/government partnership funded by the South Australian Department of Environment and Heritage and the APY land management. The Kuka Kanyini model, it is hoped, will be extended throughout the APY Lands in time. The project continues to employ a minimum of 12 people on a full time basis, increasing the level of self esteem and valuing the 40,000 years information base of the local people to assist western science. By combining contemporary and traditional skills the local people are now able to best manage the land. To date, the increase in the physical activity by participants has assisted in the control of diabetes.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Contacts

Australian Wildlife Services
Canberra ACT 2600
Ph: (02) 6281 2160
Fax: (02) 6285 1885

Links

• View report: Increasing the numbers of wildlife preferred by Aboriginal communities in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara lands, Australia
• View information: Anangu Pitjantjatjara Regional Wildlife Management
• View contact details: Australian Wildlife Services
• View website: Australian Wildlife Services