Noongar Land Enterprise (NLE) is progressing a series of landscape restoration initiatives in partnership with the Mulloon Institute, supporting community-led land management across Noongar Boodja.
NLE has helped deliver initial workshops with NLE members Gnowangerup Aboriginal Corporation (GAC) in Gnowangerup and with Yaraguia Inc. at Avondale Park near Beverley as part of Mulloon’s Training, Implementation, Mentoring, Monitoring and Evaluation (TIMME) program.
NLE CEO Alan Beattie said the early stages of the program are already building momentum across participating communities.
“Over the past few weeks, the Noongar Land Enterprise Group (NLE), in partnership with the Mulloon Institute, has delivered initial workshops in Gnowangerup and at Avondale Park (Yaraguia Inc.) near Beverley. These workshops form part of the Training, Implementation, Mentoring, Monitoring and Evaluation (TIMME) project,” Mr Beattie said.
The TIMME program is a five-year initiative (2025–2030) designed to support communities to improve the health and resilience of their landscapes through collaborative, landscape-scale approaches.
“TIMME is a Mulloon Institute five-year initiative (2025–2030) designed to empower six communities of practice located in various parts of Australia to improve the health and resilience of their landscapes. The project supports collaborative, landscape-scale approaches that deliver measurable benefits for land, water, biodiversity, and local communities,” he said.
NLE is contributing to two key projects under the program, focused on both catchment-scale restoration and site-based environmental outcomes.
“NLE is involved in two key projects with two of our NLE member organisations under this program:
• The Gnowangerup Springs site restoration and broader catchment rehydration project, delivered in partnership with Gnowangerup Aboriginal Corporation
• A wetland establishment and creek / landscape restoration project at Avondale Park, in collaboration with Yaraguia Inc.”
Both projects are expected to deliver long-term environmental, cultural and community benefits while strengthening local capability.
“Both projects represent exciting opportunities to achieve meaningful environmental, social, and cultural outcomes while strengthening community-led land management,” Mr Beattie said.
Through this partnership, NLE continues to support its members and the wider community with initiatives that restore landscapes, strengthen knowledge systems, and deliver sustainable outcomes on Country.
