Uluru Action Plan
Although an attraction it may be and an opportunity to explore, Uluru should not be climbed because descents on Uluru cause severe environmental damage, injuries (even deaths!) and stand as a disturbance to the traditional owners of the land (focusing on mainly their culture). Therefore, the banning of climbing at Uluru has become controversial; if the government decides to ban descents on Uluru, money is lost, but if they don’t take this action, respect will be lost. We can probably already assume that respect is of bigger importance than money. Advantages of closing the climb is that the respect towards Anangu people would be restored because as being traditional owners of the land it is our obligation to respect and not disturb the stream of their culture. Also fewer people would get injured if we ban the hazardous climb people. Another benefit is that there would be less environmental issues for Uluru as the trampling by climbers’ damages indigenous plants. …show more content…
Under Aboriginal law, they are responsible for protecting Uluru and its visitors. They say the site is sacred and have called for the climb to be banned since Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park was placed in their hands in 1985. The Anangu people believe that during the time when the world was being formed, the Uluru climb was the traditional route taken by ancestral men when they arrived at Uluru. Because of this spiritual significance, they prefer that – out of education and understanding – visitors respect their law and culture by not climbing. A visit to Uluru means sharing a sacred place with the Anangu. It is believed and accepted by many that as visitors to their land, we have an obligation to abide by the requests that the Anangu make of us, including not climbing