Warddeken Land Management is an Aboriginal Owned charitable company limited by guarantee.

Warddeken Land Management is part of the West Arnhem Land Fire Abatement (WALFA) project registered under ALFA NT.

WALFA is the original savanna burning project that drove the development of the Savanna Fire Management method. This project covers approximately 28,000km2 in western Arnhem Land and is consistently one of the largest producers of ACCUs annually from any method.

Carbon revenue invested back into communities: 

Historically, families in the Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) faced the difficult choice of sending their children away from their homelands to access education. Unable to receive an adequate response from the NT Department of Education, concerned elders worked with Warddeken to chart an independent path forward.  

In 2015, Warddeken carbon funds facilitated the founding of the Nawarddeken Academy, an organisation dedicated to delivering bicultural community driven education in remote communities. Its first registered, independent primary school opened in Kabulwarnamyo in 2019, and further schools were opened in Manmoyi and Mamadawerre in 2021. All three schools offer Early Learning Programs and are now formally registered as independent schools and receive ongoing Federal funding. Next up, Nawarddeken is looking into secondary level education.

Supported by Nawarddeken Academy staff, Bininj teachers, governance facilitators, and cultural experts, this initiative secures educational opportunities for Indigenous children in these remote areas, made possible due to the foundational investment of carbon revenue.

Listen to Terrah Guymala, Senior Ranger at Warddeken Land Management, discuss the environmental, social and cultural benefits of fire management at the 2024 North Australia Savanna Fire Forum: