Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Management Plan 2021
Table 1: Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park Table 1: Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park Values Statement1
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Image unavailable in extracted textTable 1: Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park Values Statement1
Background
Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park is jointly managed park by the park’s traditional Aboriginal owners and the Director of National Parks. Tjukurpa (law) is the foundation of Aṉangu life, and the park is managed using traditional methods governed by Tjukurpa combined with western science and management practices. The park’s first priority is conserving the significant natural and cultural values of the area that comprise Tjukurpa.
Park-angka unngu munu Park-angka urilta Tjukurpa palunyatu ngaranyi kutjupa wiya. Ngura miil-miilpa tjuta Park – angka ngaranyi – uwankara kutju ngaranyi, Tjukurpangka.
© Tony Tjamiwa
It is one Tjukurpa inside the park and outside the park, not different. There are many sacred places in the park that are part of the whole cultural landscape–one line. Everything is one Tjukurpa.
The park’s landscape is dominated by the iconic massifs of Uluṟu and Kata Tjuṯa. These two geological features are striking examples of geological processes and erosion occurring over time and provide associated refuge and habitat for a broad range of plant and animal species.
The park was proclaimed in 1977 under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 (Cth) and continues as a Commonwealth reserve under the EPBC Act. The park protects an area of approximately 1,325 square kilometres within the Great Sandy Desert bioregion.
International listings
Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park is listed under the World Heritage Convention for both its natural and cultural heritage attributes. The park meets four criteria for listing under the convention:
• An outstanding example representing significant ongoing geological processes, biological evolution and man’s interaction with his natural environment
• Contains unique, rare or superlative natural phenomena, formations or features or areas of exceptional natural beauty, such as superlative examples of important ecosystems to man, natural features, sweeping vistas covered by natural vegetation and exceptional combinations of natural and cultural elements
• A cultural landscape representing the combined work of nature and of man, manifesting the interaction between humankind and its natural environment
• An associative landscape having powerful religious, artistic and cultural associations of the natural elements
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1This table is to be used in conjunction with the impact assessment procedures in Section 3.3 Assessment of proposals when assessing and considering the impacts of proposals.