Protect Arnhem Land
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
Past event: 18 & 19 July 2013
For more info about this event: please click here
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:
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http://www.ecnt.org/content/response-paltar-petroleums-plans-oil-exploration-coastal-waters-and-estuaries-arnhem-land
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...These near shore areas are important to local Indigenous communities for their economic, cultural, and environmental values and resources. ...
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http://www.ecnt.org/sites/default/files/PANDANUS_Dec_2012.pdf
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
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