This week, SW WA Drought Hub Director, Mark Holland, Hub Project Manager, Lucy Tomassini and Hub MEL Manager & Adoption Officer, Theodore Nabben visited Perenjori to gain valuable insights from Clint Hansen of Maaman Marra Boodjar on how he is utilising Aboriginal rehydration and restoration methods to address current and future climate challenges in contemporary agricultural systems. Representatives from CSIRO and WAARC, as well as local Elders were also present.
This project, led by Maaman Marra Boodjar and Edith Cowan University, is part of the Hub’s Transformational Projects Program. Funded by the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund and initiated through the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub, it aims to establish protocols for evaluating the effectiveness of Aboriginal-designed landscape rehydration practices on broadacre farms in the Mid-West. The evaluation focuses on addressing salinisation, floodplain erosion, and water management on Country.
