# @natgeo on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CMB2tJhsfm8
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11685779-natgeo-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/b6a73aad86.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-03-05T07:39:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Geographic (@NatGeo) — https://gondola.cc/NatGeo

## Caption

Photo by Michaela Skovranova mishkusk / “We have a saying: ‘waiting time’—you cannot ask for something, it will come to you when it is meant to. I was told something, something I didn’t know I needed to hear. I was told by an elder that we are currently living in human form, a form that has the ability to look after Country. As we move through our other forms we may not have this ability, but we will remain here living on Country.” —Marlikka Perdrisat

Marlikka Perdrisat (Nyikina Warrwa/Barkindji Wangkumara) grew up in the center of Indigenous and Western knowledge systems, placing her in a unique position to champion First Law. First Law, law of the land, is place-based governance, meaning it stipulates the conduct essential for that particular place—the geology, the plants, and the environment as a whole. #Australia #Gadigal #Indigenousknowledge #Environment #Climate

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indigenousknowledge, australia, environment, climate, gadigal

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