ICIN is excited to welcome Jagun Alliance as an Associate Member. Jagun Alliance are the first member of the Network to be based in New South Wales.  

Jagun Alliance is an Aboriginal owned and directed not-for-profit organisation​ that works to improve land management and build resilience back into Jagun (Country) by developing partnerships with local First Nations communities, government organisations, private landholders and the wider community across the Bundjalung Nation (in the Northern Rivers region of NSW).​​ 

Jagun Alliance is guided by their all-Indigenous Board of Directors which includes Oliver Costellow (Bundjalung), Uncle AJ (Gullible Elder), Marcus Ferguson (Bundjalung, Nyangbal), Robert Boota (Githabul), and Shane Ivey. 

Currently Jagun Alliance delivers the following activities: 

Heal the Rivers: Flood Recovery & Landscape Restoration​ 

• Heal the Rivers is an Indigenous-led initiative focusing on the restoration of cultural landscapes and implementing nature-based solutions for flood mitigation and adaptation across the Northern Rivers. ​ 

IPA Engagement: 

•  “Bringing Jagun Back Together” aims to engage Aboriginal organisations, rightsholders, ranger groups, communities, and other stakeholders throughout the Northern Rivers region to explore avenues for attracting future support for critical caring for Country activities through the Australian Government’s Indigenous Protected Areas program. 

Good Fire Gathering:  

• Focuses on Cultural fire pathways to share knowledge and practices that enhance resilience, adaptive capacity and preparedness, through Caring for Country by communities at risk or impacted by natural hazards. It will address key gaps in community capacity and preparedness through on-ground action and community workshops, together with regional and national forums to support cross sector learning and cooperation, underpinned by strengthened research and knowledge platforms to support better decision-making. 

Read more about Jagun Alliance here.

Welcome Jagun Alliance!