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The Project
Australian Flatbacks are on the IUCN Red List, but are listed as ‘data deficient’, so the aim of this project is to fill in the information gaps for this species. The project will provide the manpower to conduct a research and conservation project along the Kimberly coastline of Western Australia, as well as educational and community involvement activities. The application is requesting funds to cover 3 specific parts of the monitoring and research project – for which funding has already been secured for the next 3 years. The areas EOCA’s funding will cover are:- educational materials for locals and international visitors
- scholarship programme to allow 4 local Aboriginal people to take part in the expedition, thereby spreading word amongst their peers and local communities
- purchase of 4 satellite tags to record movements and habitats accurately over long periods