Aboriginal desert reserve bigger than Tasmania (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Aboriginal desert reserve bigger than Tasmania
By:AAP with AG Staff | July-11-2012

A new Indigenous Protected Area in the NT is the largest piece of land ever
put aside for conservation in Australia.
 [image: Yinpaka or Lake Surprise is an area of high cultural and
biological significance. (Credit: Central Land Council)]
 Yinpaka or Lake Surprise is an area of high cultural and biological
significance. (Credit: Central Land Council)

*ABORIGINAL PEOPLE FROM* the Tanami Desert in Central Australia are
celebrating after the government signed off on the creation of a
conservation area larger than Tasmania to be managed by
indigenous<http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/article-index.htm?tags=indigenous+australia>rangers.

At a ceremony in the remote outback location of Sangsters Bore, about 600km
northwest of Alice Springs in the Northern
Territory<http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/exploreaustralia/nt/>,
dozens of traditional owners were on hand to welcome the move.

"Today is an emotional day. Today really a freedom day," said Eddie
Jampijinpa Robertson, a Warlpiri elder from Yuendumu, on Tuesday. "When we
look after the land, it is what our Dreaming is."

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