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Corporate groundwater extraction from the World Heritage-listed Gondwana rainforest

"The rainforest dates back 50 million years and is linked to fossil flora that once grew in Patagonia and Antarctica."

The" "unmonitored and unregulated" commercial extraction or "water mining" at Springbrook National Park was having a "virtually unknown" impact on the sensitive ecosystem...The extraction of water from underground aquifers could threaten the region's ancient Gondwana rainforests, with regulation "urgently required".
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/water-extraction-caps-at-world-heritage-springbrook/106304388
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Strict caps on bottled water extraction urged for precious rainforest area

A long-awaited study warns that the extraction of bottled water from the World Heritage-listed Springbrook area poses a potential risk to the ancient Gondwana rainforests and should be strictly limited.