Australia Rock Solid Tender

A new ten-year management plan for the dual-World Heritage Listed Uluu-Kata Tjua National Park will promote a deeper understanding of its cultural significance to all Australians and focus on strengthening Tjukurpa Aangu law and culture.Translated into PitjantjatjaraYankunytjatjara the language of the Anangu for the first time the Uluu-Kata Tjua National Park Management Plan 2021 highlights the importance of protecting and maintaining Tjukurpa and of using Aangu traditional custodians and Piranpa non-indigenous knowledge and skills in the management of park values.Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley said Uluu-Kata Tjua National Park was one of the worlds great national parks and that the growing voice of Traditional Owners in park management was one of its strengths as a tourism destination.The new Uluu-Kata Tjua Plan of Management charts a course for the national park that further embeds traditional knowledge into the day-to-day operations of the park and continues to extend the focus on the values important to Aangu Minister Ley said.I have worked closely with Traditional Owners in the Northern Territory to hear their aspirations and to ensure their role and their voice is respected and empowered.This plan has been developed by the Board of Management which has a majority of Aangu members and has a renewed focus on the joint management partnership between Traditional Owners and Parks Australia.The new plan coincides with a period of record investment in Commonwealth national parks with 233 million going toward infrastructure renewal and upgrades over 100 million directly to Uluu-Kata Tjua.Uluu-Kata Tjua National Park Board of Management Chairman Sidney James said protecting and maintaining the park using Aangu knowledge and skills with Parks Australia would bring great benefits to the local community and to Uluru and Kata Tjuta.We believe this new plan will help us create a deeper understanding of this place for everyone who comes to visit Mr James said.The Uluu-Kata Tjua National Park Management Plan 2021.BackgroundThe new plan coincides with a period of record investment in Commonwealth national parks with 233 million going toward infrastructure renewal and upgrades over 100 million directly to Uluu-Kata Tjua.The initiative to improve accessibility to the plan through its translation into PitjantjatjaraYankunytjatjara was made possible with support from the Commonwealth the National Parks Conservation Trust Anangu Communities Foundation a philanthropic donor and the Muitjulu Community Aboriginal Corporation. This follows the recent World Heritage Committee decision to approve the use of Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara languages in a UNESCO Statement of Outstanding Universal Value for the site. This was the first time UNESCO had included a language other than English or French in such a statement even though there are over 1100 listed properties. Uluu-Kata Tjua National Park is one of just 38 sites listed internationally for both cultural and natural heritage. It is one of Australias first jointly managed national parks.Joint management began in 1985 when Aangu ownership of the land was formally recognised by title of the land being granted to its Traditional Owners under the Land Rights Act.