Exploring sacred sites: How virtual reality technology is opening up access from the comfort of home
LUIS ANDRES HENAO, of Associated Press, reports on how virtual reality technology is providing new access to sacred sites around the world…
Rio Tinto yet to pay compensation over sacred site destruction
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Mining giant Rio Tinto is yet to pay compensation to the Aboriginal group whose ancient rock shelters it destroyed for an iron ore mine in Western Australia last year, company officials told a parliamentary inquiry Friday. The incident last year destroyed the historically and culturally significant site at Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara […]
Best-kept secret? Google move shows mapping risks
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation A request by Australian authorities for Google to remove photographs of the top of a sacred Indigenous site has sparked a debate on how to better protect such places and whether mapping tools are increasing privacy and conservation risks. Parks Australia, which is responsible for the national park where Uluru is […]