Based in Yarrabah, the GMYPPBC Aboriginal Corporation is a registered charity and not-for-profit organisation that employs 15 people, including a team of local Indigenous rangers.

In partnership with TAFE Queensland and other service providers, the corporation delivers a wide range of nationally recognised and non-accredited training to prepare its staff to undertake a range of environmental management activities.

One of the corporation’s standout achievements is its Indigenous ranger traineeship program, which it designed in partnership with TAFE Queensland and Mas National.  Eight trainee rangers enrolled in a Certificate I in Conservation and Ecosystem Management, and with tailored training and mentoring support, they all completed their training.

The corporation delivers in-community, on-country training to meet its obligations under the Queensland Indigenous Land and Sea Management Program and Healing Country Project. The corporation’s training model blends traditional knowledge with western science to protect land and sea country.