Welcome to DEsert Support services

Desert Support Services Pty Ltd (DSS) works alongside Traditional Owners to maintain the health of their culture, Country and people. 

For more than 10 years, our collaborative approach has achieved Traditional Owner led outcomes throughout the Central Desert region of Western Australia and beyond.

DSS is a stand alone, not-for-profit company set up to help Desert groups start up and run ranger teams on their country and develop business opportunities around land and culture.

Much of this work is funded through project-specific grants.

To date, with Traditional Owners we have achieved:

Why is this work so important?

Indigenous managed conservation estates underpin and drive tremendous cultural, social, economic and environmental opportunities for its Indigenous landowners.

Find out more about what DSS do here