Plants and Animals of Kija and Jaru Country

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Landscape changes and concerns about country as expressed by traditional owners on country are presented in chapter three.

The bulk of the ethnobiological research and knowledge conservation is presented in chapter four, Kija plants and animals, and in chapter five, Jaru plants and animals.

Recommendations for the completion of the plant and animal knowledge project for each language is presented in chapter six.

Acknowledgments, an outline of data sets collected during the project and a printout of photographs taken by the author during fieldwork are also presented.

The overpowering desire of the Kija and Jaru people involved in the project to record traditional plant and animal knowledge was the key factor in the success of the project, and the determining factor in the content of this report.