An important point pithily made... But why do I feel the CoP ain't gonna bother?

Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ppp3.10635

Found a bit of a tool scatter at work today. Finely worked silcrete blades. The narrow one impressed me a lot. Their edges are still keen. At Pioneer Park grassland on Wurundjeri country.
#Archaeology #stonetools #grasslands

Saving earth and rock rings from ubiquitous bulldozers
Cultural landscapes and braided knowledge
Building a more holistic understanding of people, place and Country

"Aboriginal rings are circular, earth (or rock) features that are preserved at increasingly fewer locations across eastern Australia today."

"Braided knowledge approaches build authentic, respectful and reciprocal partnerships with Indigenous community that involve their participation in all aspects."

"...Braided knowledge approaches are lacking from studies of large, circular features known as Aboriginal earth (or rock) rings in Australia. These rings are only known to occur in Queensland, New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria. It is estimated that over 400 rings once existed in NSW and Queensland, but only a quarter remain today (Bowdler Citation2001). Many rings were destroyed following European colonisation, and land development, and those that do remain are vulnerable and fragile (Marks Citation1968; Ponosov Citation1965:69–70; Strong Citation2016; see also Bashta Citation2016). The word bora has been adopted broadly from the language of the Gamilaroi people of NSW and southern Queensland to describe both rings and associated ceremonies across eastern Australia (Fuller et al. Citation2013:30)."
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Spry, C., Freedman, D. L., Hayes, E., Hitchcock, G., Morrison, W., … Mullins, B. (2025). New braided knowledge understandings of an Aboriginal earth ring and biik wurrdha (Jacksons Creek, Sunbury) on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country, southeastern Australia. Australian Archaeology, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/03122417.2024.2428019
#CulturalLandscape #AboriginalHeritage #CaringForCountry #biodiversity #ecology #grasslands #landscape #artefacts #EarthRings #boras #NSW #IndigenousePeoples #CulturalPractices #LandManagement #BraidedKnowledge #SunburyRings

A black and white photo of a cheetah on the prowl through the grasslands of the Masai Mara of Kenya. See more here: https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/cheetah-on-the-prowl-bw-joan-carroll.html

#cheetah #predator #masaimara #kenya #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #grasslands #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #animals #bigcat #camouflage #giftideas #wallart #artforsale @joancarroll #AYearForArt #buyIntoArt

A black-backed jackal stands alertly hoping to get a bite of food from the kill of a lion. See more here: https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/black-backed-jackal-masai-mara-kenya-joan-carroll.html

#jackal #africa #masaimara #kenya #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #animals #grasslands #giftideas #AYearForArt #buyIntoArt #wallart #artforsale @joancarroll

After crouching low stalking her prey, the cheetah figures she is close enough to start the chase in earnest. Photographed in the Masai Mara of Kenya. See more here: https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/cheetah-starts-a-chase-masai-mara-kenya-joan-carroll.html

#cheetah #grasslands #savanna #Kenya #wildlife #wildlifephotography #predator #giftideas #wallart #artforsale
@joancarroll

Two male lions walking through the golden morning light on the savanna in the Masai Mara area of Kenya. The one in front looks tired and his face looks a bit beaten up. An older male trails behind in soft focus. See more here: https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/two-male-lions-on-the-prowl-masai-mara-kenya-joan-carroll.html

#lions #kenya #wildlife #wildlifephotography #savanna #grasslands #prowling #hunting #giftideas #AYearForArt #buyIntoArt #wallart #artforsale @joancarroll