Indigenous traditional owners win back Daintree rainforest in historic deal

Cooper Creek in the Daintree rainforest. The world heritage-listed national park is being handed back to the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people, who will manage it in partnership with the Queensland government. Photograph: Kerry Trapnell/Queensland Conservation Council

Cooper Creek in the Daintree rainforest. The world heritage-listed national park is being handed back to the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people, who will manage it in partnership with the Queensland government. Photograph: Kerry Trapnell/Queensland Conservation Council

source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/29/indigenous-traditional-owners-win-back-daintree-rainforest-in-historic-deal