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Garrett to announce NT conservation corridor

Garrett to announce NT conservation corridor

  • Thu 24/09/09 - 09:58:46
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Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">Environment Minister Peter Garrett will join traditional owners to celebrate the declaration of two new Indigenous protected areas.

Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; word-wrap: break-word; line-height: 18px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; ">The corridor covers almost 1.5 million hectares of stone and gorge country on the Arnhem Land plateau adjacent to the Kakadu national park.

Under the plan, local Indigenous people will be trained as rangers to manage and protect the new conservation zones.

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