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Arnhem Land traditional owners produce 13-metre map petition to lobby against Roper River water use

In the Arnhem Land community of Ngukurr, elder Clarry Rogers is worried plans to allocate water to new gas fracking and cotton industries could damage his important dreaming and bush tucker sites along the Roper River.

"I'm pretty concerned about it, that's why we want to [have] our voice heard, I know cotton takes a lot of water," he said.

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