Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are
the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the
Great Barrier Reef and its catchment.
Traditional Owners hold inherent rights, interests,
and obligations to protect and care for their Country.
The Reef Traditional Owner Taskforce (ReefTO) is a Traditional Owner-led initiative,
working to create real change for a Healthy Reef and Healthy People.
We honour the decades of work by Elders to assert their cultural authority and rights to Sea Country
and drive genuine partnerships across the Reef. In doing so, ReefTO aims to lead solutions for the protection,
community empowermeant and management of the Reef and interconnecting Country.
ReefTO was established as a key recommendation of the Reef 2050 Traditional Owner Implementation Plan,
ensuring our knowledge, rights, and leadership shape the Reef’s future.”
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Traditional Owner connections with the Great Barrier Reef extend over many thousands of years. It is a rich cultural land and sea-scape and Traditional Owners continue to be actively involved in the management of their Country.
The Reef was declared a Marine Park in 1975 and a World Heritage Area in 1981. Since this time, Traditional Owners have been seeking greater recognition of their rights, responsibilities and interests as the traditional custodians of the Great Barrier Reef. And from the 1990’s Traditional Owners have been coming together to seek more cohesive approaches to securing their aspirations for a ‘Healthy Reef and Healthy People’.
An introduction to our History
(potentially the below)
and button to its page
An introduction to
Implementation Plan
and button to its page
There are over 70 Traditional Owner groups along the Queensland coastline whose traditional estates extend over the Great Barrier Reef and many more groups whose customary estates form part of the Reef’s Catchment.
Traditional Owner connections with the Great Barrier Reef extend over many thousands of years. It is a rich cultural land and sea-scape and Traditional Owners continue to be actively involved in the management of their Country.
The Reef was declared a Marine Park in 1975 and a World Heritage Area in 1981. Since this time, Traditional Owners have been seeking greater recognition of their rights, responsibilities and interests as the traditional custodians of the Great Barrier Reef. And from the 1990’s Traditional Owners have been coming together to seek more cohesive approaches to securing their aspirations for a ‘Healthy Reef and Healthy People’.