Blueback: What are Indigenous Protected Areas?

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Week 4
Student Worksheet
Australia's Marine Protected Areas
Go to the MPA Atlas and search ‘Australia’ in the box on the left, then spend five minutes answering
the following questions:

How many different MPAs are in Australian waters?

What percentage of Australian Marine Protected Areas are fully protected from fishing?

Which Marine Protected Area is offering the most protection to Australian waters? (which park has the
highest percentage for being protected?)

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About Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs)
Your focus in this activity is to learn about the jobs involved in protecting sea country.

Following along with your teacher, read and watch the texts to discover the specific jobs that each
ranger group does to look after sea country properly. Complete the table using dot points.

Text  Which jobs are done in order to protect sea country?

Bardi Jawi (WA)

NSW Statewide Projects (NSW)

Tiwi Marine Council (NT)

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 Yanyuwa Rangers (NT)

Yirrganydji Sea Rangers (QLD)

The benefits of IPAs

Why are Indigenous ranger groups important in protecting country? List 3 - 5 points. 

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