Djaara Balaki Wuka

Djandak Wi Strategy - Dhelkunya Wi 2024 - 2034 Destination This Strategy articulates Djaara’s vision for Djandak Wi — Djaara are empowered to conduct Djandak Wi at the right time, in the right way, and in the right place according to what Djandak needs — and the pathway to achieve our vision: Focus 1: centre Djandak Wi planning, strategic approach, practices, and operational decision making in Djaara’s Culture and Lore. Focus 2: provide tailored, diverse, and frequent opportunities for Djaara to engage with Djandak Wi and remove participation barriers. Focus 3: ensure Djaara are empowered to exercise our rights to do Djandak Wi across Djandak. Focus 4: ensure long-term sustainability and growth of the Djandak Wi program and become the leading wi practitioners on Djandak. Focus 5: foster understanding and support of Djandak Wi and ensure Djaara’s Cultural safety in Djandak Wi. Focus 6: contribute to the momentum for all Traditional Owners to pursue their aspirations in Cultural burning. Focus 7: link into, strengthen, and promote existing Djaara and other Traditional Owner strategies. We invite investors, and our stakeholders, partners, and the wider community to wurreka (yarn/talk) and ngaldurrong yana (walk together) on Djandak with us to achieve our vision, and to heal our People and our Djandak through Djandak Wi. Success is “groups go out to a spot, and it’s not just head out there for the day… but head out there for a week, protect the areas they want protected, conduct a burn, stay until it’s finished, monitor it for a few days after, and then travel to the next spot.” Success is “mob can just be out on Country and go, ‘right, we want to burn’ and are able to do it, and we do it safely… burning every day if fuel is available, and seeing landscapes change over a period of time… seeing native species flourish from what we’re doing, knowing that Country is getting healed and it’s coming back to life again… and our mob are proud of what they’re doing.”

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