Denis Rose believes a range of activities that occur on Country benefit all Australians. Photo: PR IMAGE PHOTO

Gunditjmara Traditional Owner Denis Rose has been working to protect Country for more than 40 years.

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Involved in the establishment of the Indigenous Protected Areas program in the mid 1990s, Mr Rose is proud to see how much the initiative has grown.

An Indigenous Protected Area is land or sea Country managed by Traditional Owners under an agreement with the federal government for biodiversity conservation.

There are now more than 90 IPAs in Australia covering over 110 mil

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