EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am & much more!! Earth Matters Program 101b Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 2/6/2000 INTRO : "Hello and welcome to =85" OUTRO : "... see you then." DURATION : 26'50" (frogs til 27'30") Tropical Wetlands of Oceania The Tropical Wetlands of Oceania project is working with local communities and organisations in three countries to establish a comprehensive protection scheme for a vast area of land and sea. Encompassing areas of the Northern Territory and Queensland as well as the Arafura Sea and in to West Papua and PNG, the project is working closely with indigenous communities in all three countries. Today on Earth Matters we speak with Donna Luckman of the World Wide Fund for Nature in Darwin about the project, and particularly about the work done in Australia with the Dhimurru Land Management Aboriginal Corporation. IN: "The Tropical =85" OUT: " =85 people themselves because they have a great store of knowledge." DUR: 8'50" Victoria's first Indigenous Protected Area Indigenous land management is being put in to action on the south-west coast of Victoria at Deen Maar, Victoria's first Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) - which was declared back in November 1999. Sarojini Kirshnapillai is a marine campaigner with the Victorian National Parks Association (VNPA) and she went down to visit the property in order to hear about the significance of the place and the challenges it faces.=20 Today we hear from both Lionel Harradine, Chairperson of the Framlingham Aboriginal Trust, and Project Officer with the Trust, Neil Martin. (Recordings by Sarojini Krishnapillai). IN: "Deen Maar is the name of =85 OUT: "=85 035 567 1003." DUR: 14'21 -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink