A government u-turn on
Tara
I was delighted to learn that the government, on foot of
a recent IUCN/UNESCO report, have at last recognised the
importance of Tara as a World Heritage Site and reversed
its decision to build a major component of national
infrastructure in the area (www.iucn.org/themes/
wepa/).
This is wonderful news and has restored my faith in the
institution of democratic, far-sighted and principled
government.
I refer, of course, to the enlightened government of
Montenegro - and most especially its Environment Minister
Boro Vucinic - in relation to plans to build a
hydro-electric dam at the Tara River Canyon.
With the recent deluge of planning applications towards
the development of sites in-and-around the proposed M3
Blundelstown interchange, I don't suppose that
IUCN/UNESCO could take a look at a small river valley
near our own Tara and advise our Government
accordingly?
Joe Fenwick,
Sept. of Archaeology,
NUI,
Galway.
© The Irish Independent, 19th. July 2006.
