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24 Feb 2021 Traditional owners of Kakadu National Park have warned they will close parts of the tourism hotspot after claims it has fallen into “disrepair”. An investigation carried out by the ABC’s Four Corners has revealed several Indigenous traditional owners of key tourism spots at the World Heritage site have called out Parks Australia for “mismanagement”. Jonathan Nadji, a traditional owner and member of the board that oversees Kakadu, said he is prepared to close access to one of the park’s biggest drawcards: the lookout and rock art of Ubirr. “It’s about time we started making an impact by basically shutting down the park. And I will shut down Ubirr,” he said, according to ....
Traditional owners threaten to shut down Australian Unesco site Kakadu National Park 23 Feb, 2021 08:44 PM 5 minutes to read Kakadu traditional owners say their concerns over the park have fallen on deaf ears. Photo / Unsplash, Nick Dunn Kakadu traditional owners say their concerns over the park have fallen on deaf ears. Photo / Unsplash, Nick Dunn news.com.au The traditional owners of Kakadu National Park have threatened to shut it down amid anger at federal authorities for letting the site fall into neglect. The Unesco World Heritage site, which is jointly managed by Kakadu s traditional owners and the federal agency Parks Australia, has long been a bucket list destination but recent years have seen a sharp decline in international visitors in particular. ....
It s the worst management that I ve ever seen, ever happen, Mr Nadji said. There s no management in this place, it s gone downhill. No one basically trusts anybody, no one respects each other anymore. Senior Traditional Owner for Gunlom Falls Mick Markham said he was prepared to close down that site. The top pools at Gunlom Falls were closed to the public during last year s tourism season due to claims a new walkway was built close to a sacred site. The matter is before the court after the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority filed a charge against Parks Australia. Kakadu board of management chair Maria Lee said: Whatever we made a decision on, they (Parks) would override that decision. ....
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