Emilie Ens – The Conversation

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September 17, 2024

Walking the trees: we traced how First Nations groups moved bunya pine and black bean trees

Monica Fahey, Macquarie University; Emilie Ens, Macquarie University; Maurizio Rossetto, The University of Queensland; Oliver Costello, Indigenous Knowledge, and Patrick Cooke, Macquarie University

Pairing First Nations lore with genetic analysis lets us retrace how important food trees were deliberately moved thousands of years ago

There is public appetite in Queensland to expand and enhance the state’s Indigenous ranger program.

January 14, 2018

Indigenous ranger programs are working in Queensland – they should be expanded

Emilie Ens, Macquarie University and Alana Grech, James Cook University

Indigenous ranger programs have now been running successfully for a decade. Given Queensland’s size and large Indigenous population, there’s a strong case for expanding the program in that state.

Indigenous rangers like Yugul Mangi senior women (from left to right) Edna Nelson, Cherry Daniels and Julie Roy, are crucial guardians of the outback environment. Emilie Ens

March 13, 2015

Remote Indigenous communities are vital for our fragile ecosystems

Craig Moritz, Australian National University; Emilie Ens, Macquarie University, and Jon Altman, Australian National University

Remote Indigenous communities aren’t just places to live - they are also crucial for supporting ranger programs and other projects that protect the environment in areas that might otherwise go untended.

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