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"The Albanese government will launch a lobbying campaign in a bid to reverse a
Unesco recommendation that an ancient rock art site in Western Australia can’t
go on the world heritage list until damaging industrial emissions linked to a
controversial Woodside gas development are stopped.
Government officials were aiming to meet Unesco next week after its advisers
said the nomination of the Murujuga Cultural Landscape in north-west WA – home
to more than a million petroglyphs, some almost 50,000 years old – should be
referred back to Australia until nearby “degrading acidic emissions” were
halted.
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) advised Unesco the
main requirements for world heritage nomination had been met, but pollution
from nearby industry “makes the integrity and the authenticity of key
attributes of the nominated property highly vulnerable”.
The main source of emissions, the ICOMOS report said, was Woodside’s Karratha
gas plant, which last week was conditionally awarded a 40-year extension by the
environment minister, Murray Watt, to operate until 2070.
The Unesco recommendation is due to go before the 21-country world heritage
committee at its next meeting on 6 July in Paris."
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
