
Australia's Daintree rainforest returned to Aboriginal ownership
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Some of Australia's most beautiful natural sites have been returned to Aboriginal ownership, including Queensland's Daintree rainforest.
(CNN) — Some of Australia's most beautiful natural sites have been returned to Aboriginal ownership, including Queensland's Daintree rainforest.
The area of more than 160,000 hectares will now be co-managed by the Queensland government and the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people with a hope of eventually transitioning into being run solely by the Indigenous owners.
An official acknowledgment ceremony was held on Wednesday, September 29 in the town of Bloomfield.

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