Award-winning non-profit First Nations organisation working in environmental and natural resource management across Cape York.

Our focus is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

cultural recognition in weed and feral animal control.

We strive to preserve our environment using Traditional and contemporary scientific knowledge.

Awards and achievements.

2021 Finalist National Landcare Awards receiving Special Recognition
2019 Winner Queensland Landcare Indigenous Land Management Award
Endeavour River Productivity Network Project – Focus Farm Peer to Peer extension model
Coastal Catchments Focus Farm Initiative
Bonny Glen Land Management and Planning Project

READ ABOUT OUR LANDCARE AWARDS HERE

Our priorities.

- Nurturing Connection to Country
- Sharing Traditional knowledge
- Identification
- Control
- Surveying and mapping
- Identification
- Control-land and air
- Survey and mapping
- Using the latest innovation and Traditional knowledge
- Of human use, climate, weed and animal degradation
- Employment opportunities
- Social engagement
- Well being
- Making Cape York community our priority
- Continuity for the agricultural community
- Sharing scientific knowledge and innovative technologies

Our approach.

CYWAFA Inc was formed with the view of helping to get people back on Country looking after their land health and wellbeing.

We strive to help all of our community by providing access to land management, innovation, natural resource management, weeds and feral animals expertise.

We provide extension services which work across all sections of our community, by striving to provide jobs on Country and to help our community health and wellbeing.

We help our agricultural and horticultural members by facilitating training and getting access to the latest innovations where we have the resources to do so.

Our group of volunteers and part-time officers has more than 28 years of experience in the field, offering a wide range of rural skills-based training to equip landholders to work on the land.

- Weed identification
- Weed control
- Weed surveying/mapping
- Technical advice
- Trapping
- Ground shooting
- Aerial shooting
- Aerial surveying/mapping
- AC/DC chemical training qualifications
- Affiliated with nationally registered training organisation
- Training in both a formal and informal capacity under Conservation and Land Management
- Fully qualified cattle trainer
- Fully qualified horse trainer
- Fully qualified riding instructor
- Training in fencing and property maintenance
Informal training for all your NRM GIS needs including:
- Collecting, uploading and downloading data using a range of GIS related products
- Storing and analysing field data
- Creating maps to display your data