The Karrkad Kanjdji Trust (KKT) was established by Traditional Owner groups from West and Central Arnhem Land. It is the bi-cultural bridge between self-determined work on Country, and philanthropic funding. KKT connects eight Aboriginal community-controlled organisations with flexible, non-government funding. This is often the catalyst to realising Traditional Owners' aspirations for Country, culture and community; and often enables remote First Nations communities to access more diversified funding streams to sustain on-Country work into the future. 

PMF Foundation has supported KKT since 2021. This long-term, trust-based relationship began with PMF Foundation's support of KKT's partner, Arnhem Land Fire Abatement (ALFA): a First Nations-owned, non-profit carbon farming business that enables ranger groups from across the region to engage in and benefit from the carbon industry. ALFA is responsible for registering all carbon abated through annual cool burning conducted by Traditional Owners and rangers. This two-way land management approach, built on eons of traditional knowledge, is recognised by the Clean Energy Regulator as preventing wildfires and subsequently mitigating carbon emissions through the Savanna Fire Management Methodology. On average, ALFA registers over 500,000 tonnes of carbon abated each year by ranger groups from across Arnhem Land. 

Since then, PMF Foundation has continued to support KKT and its partner organisations by funding Warddeken Land Management's Mayh (Animal) Recovery Program: a leading conservation project in West Arnhem Land, designed and led by Traditional Owners and rangers. The Mayh Recovery Program monitors and protects the fragile populations of native mammals and birds across the Kuwarddewardde (Stone Country). This data then enables Traditional Owners to make informed decisions around the management of invasive species and other threats impacting the survival of vulnerable native animals. 

PMF Foundation strengthened this work by later making a multi-year contribution to Warddeken's Daluk (Women's) Ranger Program. As the holders of specific ecological knowledge, daluk rangers are key to the ongoing success of the Mayh Recovery Program. They deploy cameras and song meters, perform perimeter burns around critical habitat, and foster important intergenerational knowledge sharing with younger generations. 

Finally, the PMF Foundation recently further solidified its support for this region through a grant to another of KKT's partners, the Nawarddeken Academy: an independent, community-owned school for remote communities across the Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area. The Nawarddeken Academy emerged as a priority when more and more families were returning to Country to work as rangers, but still wanting to ensure their children had access to full-time, quality education on their homelands. Over the past ten years, the Nawarddeken Academy has successfully registered three primary schools and a high school, established an Early Learning Program, and is now laying the groundwork for a Learning on Country Program. 

This latest grant represents PMF Foundation's belief in KKT's holistic approach to conservation and supporting 'healthy Country'. By adequately resourcing remote, frontline First Nations communities to design and realise lasting solutions and enterprise on their own terms, the future of Indigenous land management across Arnhem Land is made stronger and more sustainable into the future.