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Article: CLIMATE CHANGE: GLOBAL WARMING MEANS HARD TIMES FOR INDIGENOUS
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
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- February 15, 2005
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Ilana Eldridge
Inter Press Service English News Wire
02-15-2005
DARWIN, Australia, Feb. 15, 2005 (IPS/GIN) -- As the 1997 Kyoto
Protocol takes effect on Wednesday, despite the Australian
government's refusal to sign on, experts say that global warming
will have a devastating effect on the country's indigenous
communities.
Prime Minister John Howard said the international protocol would
undermine the country's industries with "no environmental gain to
Australia".
"Were Australia to ratify, investment would go to those
countries with no greenhouse restrictions," Howard said on the
website of the Office of the Prime Minister.
The protocol, which becomes a legally binding treaty on Feb. 16,
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