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Communicating with Traditional Landowners on Uranium Mine Rehabilitation
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2002
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IGU/ISEP
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Since 1949 uranium has been mined in the Northern Territory of Australia. The mines have all been located on Aboriginal land. In earlier times there was little or no consultation with the Traditional Owners and few sites were rehabilitated when mining ceased. The South Alligator valley, the subject of the case study, was the site of 13 small mines bewteen 1955 and 1964. The valley was incorporated into the World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park in 1987. In 1996 the Gunlom Land Trust was granted the area under the Commonwealth’s Northern Territory Land Rights Act (1976) but immediately leased the land back for continued use as a National Park. A condition of the lease is that all former mine sites and associated workings will be rehabilitated by 2015. The paper describes the development of a comprehensive consultation process involving all stakeholders. The final rehabilitation plan must satisfy the requirements of all stakeholders yet still meet the objectives of the park’s Plan of Management and the future plans and hopes of the Traditional Owners.