Fears gas project will harm heritage listed rock art
Environmentalists are afraid that the extension of a gas project can endanger the future of an old domestic rock art collection after listed as a world heritage site.
Murujuga rock art scenery in Western Australia was listed as a heritage area on Friday after the Federal Government has made intensive lobbying by the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO).
While visiting the center of the organization in Paris, “reaching the status of the World Heritage provides stronger protections within the scope of the Australian legislation and will allow the world to celebrate this unique cultural landscape”.
Murujuga includes the world’s largest, most intense and most diverse rock art engravings collection, known as Petroglif, and some are estimated to be greater than 50,000 years.
They describe animals, plants and human figures and can be seen due to the color and contrast between the brighted shell lying under the latter and the brighted shell lying under the host rocks.
The site was previously given to UNESCO in 2023, but Australia’s application was sent back in May.
UNESCO, state and federal governments deal with WoodSide’s concerns that nearby acid emissions, including those from Buot Gas Hub, humiliate art.
The peninsula in the northwest WA near Karratha is home to two gas plants, fertilizer plants and iron ore and salt export facilities.
Senator Watt recently gave temporary approval to continue to operate until 2070 for a Woodsyide project on the peninsula.
While environmentalists welcomed the inheritance list, Woodside warned that the project extension may cause more damage.
“The world is now watching now, Kel said Kelly O’shanassy, General Manager of Australian Protection Foundation.
“In the Australian government to ensure that the values known by UNESCO are not endangered by the ongoing industrial pollution.
If the Federal Government is serious about protecting Murujuga and making sure that it has not moved to the “danger” list, the senator should refuse the proposed expansion of the Watt Gas Center.
The traditional custody Raelene Cooper at the UNESCO meeting, Mardathoonera Kadın and Murujuga warned that the industry can still harm the rock art site.
“Fertilizer plants are still being built around our sacred areas and pollutant gas plants will spread toxic acid in our rock art for 50 years,” he said.
“We will continue to fight for protection for this very special place, and the world is now aware of what we are against.”
Larissa Waters, the Greens leader called Senator Watt to cancel the approval of the North West shelf, while the lawyer joined the Sesler choir.
“UNESCO warned that the Woodside gas plant threatened the long life of rock art before the list, but Minister Watt has successfully listed other nations when Woodside had to reject the climate bomb extension in the first place,” he said.
Senator Waters added that world heritage laws should be supported to better protect the listed sites.
Australia, Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and the World Heritage List, which includes the big barrier reef, has 21 property.
UNESCO has added several more spaces to its list, including Faya Palaeolandscape in the Xixia Imperial Tombs in China and the Faya Palaeolandscape in the United Arab Emirates.
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