Aboriginal group opposes joint venture’s attempts to dump environmental projects
NPEX: Legal, Aboriginal groups criticise joint venture’s attempts to dump environmental projects ABC News, by the National Reporting Team’s Kate Wild 1 Apr 16
Legal and Aboriginal groups have lashed out at attempts by a $34 billion gas project in the Northern Territory to back out of environmental projects it promised the Federal Government it would complete.
Key points:
- CEO of the Northern Land Council warns Ichthys is falling behind on environmental projects
- INPEX asks Federal Government to release it from $30m of promised projects
- INPEX says the requests were because the impact of its activities had been more benign than expected
The Ichthys joint venture, which will eventually pump natural gas from Western Australia to the Northern Territory for export, has asked the Federal Government to release it from $30 million worth of environmental projects, including reserves for the permanent protection of animals and habitat.
The news prompted Northern Land Council (NLC) chief executive Joe Morrison to warn Ichthys it was falling behind on another major project in its environmental brief.
Mr Morrison said an Aboriginal rangers project burning savannah grasslands in the Top End “hasn’t come to fruition” despite being celebrated at the time of its announcement.
The $37 million project was designed to compensate for the Ichthys venture’s CO2 emissions.
“That’s another area where I think both the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community require clarification, in relation to that commitment,” Mr Morrison said……..http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-01/ichthys-gas-project-criticised-by-legal,-aboriginal-groups/7293630
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