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The Steve Irwin Wildlife
Reserve (SIWR) is a wetland conservation property and a tribute to Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin. The 135,000 ha property,
in Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula, is home to a set of three important spring fed wetlands which provide a critical
water source to threatened habitat, provide permanent flow of water to the Wenlock River, and is home to rare and vulnerable
plants and wildlife.
The Situation
The Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve (SIWR) is being threatened
by strip mining. Cape Alumina Pty Ltd has lodged mining lease applications which include approximately 12,300 ha of the Reserve.
Cape Alumina company documents indicate an intention to mine 50 plus million tons over a 10 year period commencing 2010. The
greater part of this mine is on SIWR
The proposed area for mining on the Steve
Irwin Wildlife Reserve contains the head waters of irreplaceable waterways and unique biodiversity which will not recover
after mining operations are finished. One man can make a difference, you can make a difference.
WE NEED YOR HELP !
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