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The Aboriginal peoples of
the Kakadu region are deeply concerned that
their culture - based on a close affinity
with and relationship to the land and
believed to be the oldest continuing culture
on earth - will be destroyed if plans to
excavate and export uranium from the Jabiluka
mine proceed. Senior Traditional Owner Yvonne
Margarula has been a powerful and consistent
opponent of Jabiluka and advocate for the
Mirrar traditional owners.
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Kakadu includes Ramsar listed wetlands, over
a third of Australia’s bird species and is
one of less than twenty sites listed on the
World Heritage register for both natural and
cultural values. The nearby Ranger mine is
already causing deep concern, because of its
appalling safety record and worries about the
impact of 40 million tonnes of radioactive
mine tailings.
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