Jane Blackwood

Based in the Tablelands of North Queensland, she has spent much of her career as a land manager and ranger working with Traditional Owners across northern Australia, from the Kimberley to the Top End, Central Australia, and Far North Queensland. Formally trained in ecology at the University of Queensland and James Cook University, she has also gained hands-on knowledge of the region’s landscapes, seasons, and wildlife from Indigenous Elders. A lifelong birdwatcher, she developed her passion for birds on family camping trips and has contributed to research projects such as studying Arctic Terns in the Shetland Islands. Today, she continues to share this knowledge through bird monitoring programs and native plant identification work on Indigenous Protected Areas.