via STOP THE DEVASTATION! REVOKE PART 3A NOW! : From the (4/1/15) article: The United Nations world heritage body will issue a please explain to the Abbott government demanding a detailed report on the threat posed by the Badgerys Creek airport to the natural integrity of the Blue Mountains. UNESCO repeatedly rejected Australias nomination of the Blue Mountains for World Heritage status between 1999 and 2000 citing plans for Badgerys Creek that were being considered by the Howard government. Any risk to World Heritage status is likely to hit the tourism industry, particularly nature-based tourism. The world scrutiny comes as the Abbott government has been accused of a sneaky attempt to avoid World Heritage impacts being considered as part of the environmental approval for the 24-hour airport. The Department of Infrastructure lodged a scoping document with federal environment bureaucrats in December that claimed a significant impact on the World Heritage values of the Blue Mountains was not considered likely. But the Environment Department ruled on December 23 that World Heritage impacts must be examined, after protest submissions by environment groups and the former Howard government minister Jackie Kelly. The Blue Mountains was finally accepted on the World Heritage list in December 2000, within a fortnight of the Howard government publicly announcing that plans for Badgerys Creek had been shelved. ...
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 22:17:26 +0000
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