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"Climate change is rapidly intensifying. Amid the chaos and damage it wreaks,
many precious Indigenous heritage sites in Australia and around the world are
being destroyed at an alarming rate.
Sea-level rise, flooding, worsening bushfires and other human-caused climate
events put many archaeological and heritage sites at risk. Already, culturally
significant Indigenous sites have been lost or are gravely threatened.
For example, in Northern Australia, rock art tens of thousands of years old has
been destroyed by cyclones, bushfires and other extreme weather events.
And as we outline below, ancestral remains in the Torres Strait were last year
almost washed away by king tides and storm surge.
These examples of loss are just the beginning, unless we act. By combining
Indigenous Traditional Knowledge with Western scientific approaches,
communities can prioritise what heritage to save."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics