Following the Australian Government’s renewed investment in tackling ghost nets across northern Australia, a new Mongabay feature takes a closer look at the Indigenous Rangers working on the frontline – and the scale of the challenge they face.
Featuring insights from Indigenous Ranger groups and OceanEarth’s Managing Director, Anissa Lawrence, the article explores the difficult work of removing ghost nets from some of Australia’s most remote coastlines, the technology helping Rangers find them, and why lasting solutions must go beyond clean-up to prevent fishing gear entering the ocean in the first place.
Read the full article on Mongabay, here