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Protect Arnhem Land

PROTECT ARNHEM LAND is a campaign to fight offshore exploration, mining and drilling around the ENTIRE COASTLINE OF AUSTRALIAS NORTHERN TERRITORY ARNHEM LAND REGION.

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 Protect Arnhem Land Awareness Day - Published on Jan 31, 2013

 

Protect Arnhem Land Day organised by the Protect Arnhem Land group in Maningrida. The community came together to object to the Seabed gas and petroleum exploration plans proposed for the entire coast of the Northern Territory.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naKJ_eTcPxY

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Past event: 18 & 19 July 2013

Traditional Owners from Arnhem Land spoke about the battle to save their sea country from American resources giant Paltar Petroleum

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Traditional owners seek your assistance to save Arnhem land from oil and gas companies - 9 July 2013
Traditional Owners and the Protect Arnhem Land community campaign (based in Maningrida) are seeking the assistance of environment groups and Indigenous networks in Sydney to help raise awareness of the threat to Arnhem Land from oil and gas exploration.
Five traditional owners are travelling from Maningrida to Sydney in mid July and will hold a public event in Martin Place outside the offices of Paltar Petroleum at midday on Friday 19 July. ...
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/07/09/traditional-owners-seek-your-assistance-to-save-arnhem-land-from-oil-and-gas-companies

From the Environment Centre NT:

 
Paltar oil exploration on map
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Response to Paltar Petroleum's plans for oil exploration in coastal waters and estuaries of Arnhem Land - 13 April 2013
http://www.ecnt.org/content/response-paltar-petroleums-plans-oil-exploration-coastal-waters-and-estuaries-arnhem-land
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Letter of Objection to Paltar Petroleum's EPs 239 and 306 - 11 December 2012
... These near shore areas are important to local Indigenous communities for their economic, cultural, and environmental values and resources. ...
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Paltar's response to oil exploation EPA's (Exploration Permit Applications) for NT coastal waters
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Paltar Petroleum exploration applications for North East Arnhem Land waters - NT News 14 November 2012
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Letter of Objection to Paltar Petroleum's EPs 266, 267 and 268 - 5 October 2012
...These near shore areas are important to local Indigenous communities for their economic, cultural, and environmental values and resources. ...
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Environment Centre NT Magazine: Pandanus - Maningrida fights oil - page 5 - December 2012
http://www.ecnt.org/sites/default/files/PANDANUS_Dec_2012.pdf
More: http://www.ecnt.org/pandanus
 
ECNT Video - Protect Arnhem Land -
Community Awareness Day at Maningrida on 8 December 2012 to say no to oil exploration in sea Country near Maningrida.
http://www.ecnt.org/video/protect-arnhem-land
 
 
 
 
 
 
Background articles:


WGAR News: Arnhem Land Traditional Owners call for an end to fracking: The Stringer - 22 March 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/03/22/wgar-news-arnhem-land-traditional-owners-call-for-an-end-to-fracking-the-stringer

ABC News - Traditional owners burn Arnhem Land fracking plan - 18 March 2013
Arnhem Land traditional owners have decided to paint a petition to send to Darwin and Canberra calling on the Northern Territory and Federal governments not to allow their country to be fracked.
More than 80 per cent of the Northern Territory is now under application for unconventional oil and gas exploration, including most of Arnhem Land. ...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-18/maningrida-traditional-owners-burn-fracking-plan/4579438


ABC Radio National -
The Indigenous landowners of Arnhem Land are calling on the Northern Territory and federal governments to ban fracking in the area by Paltar Petroleum. But while traditional owners can legally veto plans to frack on land, they have no rights over the sea.
https://soundcloud.com/abc_rn/concern-over-fracking-in
 
 
 
 
 
 
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