These Indigenous women are leading the charge in protecting the Great Barrier Reef. Their passion and commitment to the environment are truly inspiring. 🌊 InternationalWomensDay
, is helping establish the next generation of female rangers in Queensland—and hoping to create a network that could span the planet, helping to repair ecosystems from Hawaii to Nepal to Tanzania. In December, Hale’s group, Indigenous Women of the Great Barrier Reef, received an Earthshot Prize, one of several environmental conservation awards founded by Prince William and Sir David Attenborough.
Larissa Hale started out as the only indigenous woman ranger in 2008. Now, 135 have gone through the program.The Greater Barrier Reef will need them. It comprises 2,500 individual reefs, and more than 900 islands, covering 134,000 square miles. About 60 percent has experienced widespread coral bleaches in 1998, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2022. The bleaching is caused by sustained, warmer-than-normal water temperatures that cause the coral to look lifeless, though it can be restored over time.
“This is the ultimate in first-responder work,” Anna Marsden, managing director of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, recently told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation about Hale’s work. “We need more rangers like Larissa—’proud women from the bush,’ as she calls her group—and it’s clear through the dramatic growth we’ve seen that it can inspire other women-led groups to lean into environmental work.
Hale says indigenous women bring unique attributes to the role, since they grow up in tune with the rhythms of the ecosystem, from mangroves to seagrasses to coastlines. “We know when fish are good to catch at what time of year and how much water needs to be moving through a river to make sure it’s healthy,” she says. The group also works closely with scientists to coordinate eco-rescue plans.
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