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"Kakadu National Park has become one of Australia’s most prized cultural
landscapes since it was added to the World Heritage List in 1981. Each year,
hundreds of thousands of people travel to the region, usually during the dry
season, to witness the magical gunwardebim (local Kunwinjku language term for
rock art) at Ubirr.
However, increasing tourism and accelerated climate change have exacerbated the
threats to Ubirr and other cultural heritage sites in Kakadu.
In response, our team of collaborators has created a Bininj-led (Bininj is the
Kunwinjku term for Aboriginal people) conservation management plan for the
cultural sites at Ubirr.
This initiative – first prompted in 2019 by Alfred Nayinggul, Senior
Traditional Owner of the Mirrar Erre and Manilakarr clan, and other Traditional
Owners – is now a collaboration between Bininj and researchers from four
Australian universities.
Our initial results have been published in the
International Journal of
Heritage Studies."
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*** 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
