DoomsdaysCWFrom 2020: Why #Aboriginal people have little say over energy projects on their land
Published: August 10, 2020
by Lilly O'Neill, et al.
"Renewable energy projects come with a caveat: most #TraditionalOwners in #Australia have little legal say over them.
- The #NativeTitleAct does not allow traditional owners to veto developments proposed for their land.
- The National Native Title Tribunal — which rules on disputes between native title holders and #companies — has sided with native title holders only three times, and with companies 126 times (of which 55 had conditions attached).
- #RioTinto’s agreement for the area including #JuukanGorge reportedly “gagged” traditional owners from objecting to any activities by the company, which then destroyed the 46,000-year-old rock shelters.
#FortescueMetalsGroup #Colonialism #AsianRenewableEnergyHub #IndigenousEstate #CorporateColonialism #Mining #GreenEnergy #Consent #WindTurbines #Pilbara #SolarArrays #CulturalGenocide #IndigenousSovereignty #LandBack
