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An Indigenous ranger watches feral buffalo. The new SpaceCows program will use AI and satellites to create a virtual replica of how feral herds move through the Top End. Photograph: Seth Seden
Indigenous rangers to use SpaceCows program to protect sacred sites and rock art from feral herds
September 17, 2021

Feral herds rubbing off rock art, trampling sacred ceremonial sites and destroying culturally significant waterways will be tackled with new space technology.

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Aboriginal group urges mining 'reset' after ancient site destroyed. Source - https://www.theguardian.com/
Aboriginal group urges mining 'reset' after ancient site destroyed
December 11, 2020

Aboriginal landowners have called for a "reset" in Australia's lucrative mining sector after an inquiry pilloried Rio Tinto for blowing up a 46,000-year-old heritage site to expand an iron ore mine.

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Weelumurra valley near site S08-032, a significant place for men’s ceremonies. Photograph: Wintawari Guruma Aboriginal Corporation
More than 100 Aboriginal sacred sites – some dating before the ice age – could be destroyed by mining companies
August 28, 2020

More than 100 ancient Aboriginal sites in Western Australia – some of which date before the last ice age – could be destroyed by mining companies which have already obtained legal permission to do so.

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 A pickup truck collided with a moai platform on Easter Island. Photograph: Ma'u Henua community/Facebook
Anger on Easter Island after truck crashes into sacred stone statue
March 6, 2020

The mayor of Easter Island has called for vehicle restrictions to be introduced around its archaeological sites after a pickup truck hit one of the famous stone statues, causing “incalculable” damage.

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New publication – the Future has other plans: Planning holistically to conserve natural and cultural heritage
January 18, 2017

Crisis has enveloped the more than 200,000 nationally and regionally protected natural and cultural heritage sites around the world.

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