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ka paluṟu tjana Tjukurpa kuṉpungku wangakapaiṯu maḻatja tjuṯa ungkunytjaku, kawalinytjaku tawara. Puḻka mulapa nyangatja, Tjukurpa kuṉpu kanyintjaku.
   © Rene Kulitja

   Our seniors with the most knowledge are now elderly and they are the ones who can speak with most wisdom and authority on the law to give it to the young so it is not lost. This is absolutely essential to keeping law and culture strong.

   Nganampa ngaṟanyi wiṟuṟa nyaruntjaku, ngura aṯunmanykunytjaku. Nganampa wiṟu tjuṯa nyinanyi ka ngiṉṯaka, tinka palumpa tjanampa ngura tjinguṟu wiyaringkunyangka tjituṟu-tjituṟu ngaṟaku.
   © Bruce Baydon

   We have to burn country in the right way to protect it. We have a lot of wildlife such as the perentie and sand goanna and it would be devastating if their habitats disappeared.

   Ukiṟi kura-kura, panya buffel grass nyanga paluṟu witu-witu mulapa – paluṟu kutjupa kutjupa kuraṟa wiyaṉi. Park ngura nyangangka buffel grass winki ngaṟanyi.
   © Philip Driffin

   Buffel grass management is getting harder – it's choking everything. There's too much buffel grass in the park.

   The park's internationally significant cultural and natural values may be impacted by a range of existing and potential threats. These threats include loss of Aṉangu cultural knowledge; physical damage to significant cultural and natural sites and declines of native plant and animal species from the impacts of invasive species, inappropriate fire regimes and climate change.

Supporting retention of cultural knowledge

   In the past, Tjukurpa guided the day-to-day lives of Aṉangu through the search for food and resources, storytelling and ceremony (inma). Since European settlement, the movement of Aṉangu off their country, sometimes far
   away from their ancestoral lands, limited opportunities to spend time on-country and undertake important land management practices. This has resulted in a loss of some cultural knowledge and traditions, particularly as many senior Aṉangu have passed away without the opportunity to share important information. As the number senior Aṉangu gets smaller, so too does the body of cultural knowledge, beliefs and practices that define Aṉangu culture.

   However, the retention and transmission of much of the cultural knowledge associated with Tjukurpa remains strong and is expressed through the continuation of inma, visiting country, strong kinship relationships and retention and use of language. The strength of the Aṉangu cultural knowledge that remains is reflected in the listing of the park as a World Heritage area for its cultural values as a living cultural landscape.

   Despite these measures, Nguraṟitja express concern that cultural knowledge is still being lost, with social changes associated with living sedentary lifestyles impacting the transfer of knowledge to younger generations (see Feature Box 3). Consequently, there is an urgent need to pass on and document many
   aspects of Tjukurpa and cultural knowledge. Retention of this knowledge is not only critical