Aussie Subantarctics for World heritage
AUSTRALIA’S FEDERAL Department for the Environment has been preparing a World Heritage nomination for Australia’s subantarctic islands, including Heard, MacDonald and Macquarie. Unfortunately the nomination is stalled at present by the Premier of Tasmania, Michael Field. Mr Field wishes to put the proposal before a World Heritage Community Advisory Council, which includes the Tasmanian Chamber of Mines and the Mountain Cattlemen’s Association, to gauge "broad community support" for the proposal. These same organisations oppose anything to do with World Heritage nominations on mainland Tasmania, have no legitimate interests in the subantarctic and are hardly qualified to assess World Heritage values. Perhaps the New Zealand Government should join in with a joint nomination for our subantarctic islands and Macquarie, which are all in the same biophysical region. Source: Wilderness News
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Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 1, 1 February 1991, Page 6
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134Aussie Subantarctics for World heritage Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 1, 1 February 1991, Page 6
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