Threats
Uluru is suffering from to many tourist. Rubbish is being left behind, people go climbing to the top and every time they use the same track, so they erode the rock and people want to take some of our great rock with them when they leave so they pluck a rock from it's face, but there are many accounts that tell in months after their visit they felt haunted subsequently sending their rock back. Other threats includes people bringing in non-native invasive plant species by seeds and spores on their clothing and when they grow they destroy the habitat of the native animals, tourist performed silly stunts breaking the sacredness of the rock and wild bush fires is a major threat, both man made and natural. Erosion from the elements is also a big threat but no one can protect Uluru from this.
Is tourism a threat to Uluru? Can tourism peacefully coexist with sacred aboriginal land? Unfortunately some of Uluru annual 100,000 visitors don't care much about it's sacredness or the signs that discourages you from climbing on the rock. For aboriginal people Uluru is a sacred site and they feel that it should be off limits to non-Indigenous visitors. Many demands have been made to close the only climb available to visitors to keep erosion at a minimal and in respect to the rocks significance.
"Past Prime Minister Kevin Rudd won't be around forever. One day he'll be gone and the Aboriginal people won't. They'll still be there watching people leave tracks over their sacred site"-David Ross, director Central Land Council (representing Indigenous groups).
Is tourism a threat to Uluru? Can tourism peacefully coexist with sacred aboriginal land? Unfortunately some of Uluru annual 100,000 visitors don't care much about it's sacredness or the signs that discourages you from climbing on the rock. For aboriginal people Uluru is a sacred site and they feel that it should be off limits to non-Indigenous visitors. Many demands have been made to close the only climb available to visitors to keep erosion at a minimal and in respect to the rocks significance.
"Past Prime Minister Kevin Rudd won't be around forever. One day he'll be gone and the Aboriginal people won't. They'll still be there watching people leave tracks over their sacred site"-David Ross, director Central Land Council (representing Indigenous groups).