Uluru land to become protected zone

FIVE million hectares in the Northern Territory are set to declared protected land.

Five million hectares of land around Uluru is set to be declared protected land.

FIVE million hectares of land around Uluru in the Northern Territory is to be declared an Indigenous Protected Area (IPA), allowing traditional owners to better preserve sites of cultural significance.

A CEREMONY will be held at a remote centre between Uluru an the Western Australian border on Thursday, allowing the Anangu people to receive federal government funding to protect sacred sites, native plants and animals around the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.