Here you can find more information about Buffel Grass and the long fight to mitigate its invasive damage.
Summary information sheets:
Buffel Weed Declaration Guide ALEC
ALEC’s information sheet info sheet on buffel
Booklet on buffel grass
Letters for the Environment cards
Buffel and threatened species poster
Gamba Grass and Buffel Regulatory Comparison
Films:
Unwelcome Strangers. 2012
This film follows the Tjuwanpa Rangers from Hermannsberg Ntaria is worth a watch. Aboriginal people have been looking after their country and doing their best to manage this invasive weed for a long time. We need to work together from the ground to Territory and Commonwealth levels to adequately respond to the threat of Buffel grass
Buffel Free 2020
This video was produced by italk studios for the Buffel Free Great Victorian Desert
Find out more here https://10deserts.org/project/buffel/
The current decision making process NT:
The Buffel Technical working group was formed in May 2023 in response to the growing fire risks in the central desert. ALEC is concerned that their recommendations won’t go far enough to protect the red centre from this invasive weed. You can read ALEC’s submission here
More on the Buffel Technical Working Group can be found here
Community organising frameworks:
Many people across Central Australia are already working together to coordinate their efforts for buffel action to care for and restore the arid lands of Central Australia. Check out the Community Buffel Grass Action Network Strategic Framework here.
