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Environment
Tracey Ferrier

Indigenous names enrich atlas of life

Yugul Mangi Rangers worked with Macquarie University's Mitch Scott on the Atlas of Living Australia. (EMILIE ENS) (AAP)

Some of the first names for Australia's native plants and animals have taken their rightful place in the nation's atlas of living things.

The inclusion of 2500 names, from eight Indigenous languages spoken in South East Arnhem Land, is a powerful new chapter in efforts to unite traditional and western scientific knowledge.

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