Three Indigenous councils on far north Queensland's western Cape York have joined forces to help protect endangered and vulnerable turtles.
The Northern Peninsula, Mapoon and Pormpuraaw councils will pool resources and expertise to better coordinate turtle conservation programs, including culling predators such as wild pigs, which they say eat up to 98 per cent of turtle eggs each season.
Councillor Polly Smith from the Mapoon Aboriginal Shire Council says she is confident the new approach will help increase hatchling survival rates.
"For instance, if Pormpuraaw are happy with how they're managing their turtles and there's extra funding there, they can actually give it to either Mapoon rangers or Apudthama rangers," she said.
"That's why the alliance was formed, so we can work together as one and we look after each other's problem."
She says the councils are particularly concerned about the endangered olive ridley turtles.
"We love our natural environment and we love our turtles and that's why we want to work together and try to help what's best for our turtles ... so we can actually have more hatchlings and more of especially the olive ridleys," she said.