There have been renewed calls to ban climbing Uluru in the Northern Territory.
Traditional owners already ask visitors not to climb the iconic rock, but they want that to be an enforced rule.
The call for the ban comes after a survey that was conducted by Parks Australia that found the number of people climbing Uluru is down to 18 percent from 38 percent in 2009.
As only 20 percent of the hundreds of thousands of visitors to Uluru each year climb the rock, the call for a ban has been joined by the Central Land Council.
Parks Australia has asked for a further investigation into the implications of banning the climb, and has already introduced monitoring devices to estimate exactly how many people are climbing the rock.
The traditional owners of Uluru national park have said climbing the sacred site goes against cultural and spiritual norms.
Source: skynews.com.au
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