Inaccurate statement by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature made as part of the 1982 process for World Heritage status for Tasmanian Wilderness area
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A UN agency was forced to remove a “hurtful” document that for more than 40 years publicly claimed Tasmanian Aboriginal people were extinct.
The inaccurate claim, stating that “Tasmanians are now an extinct race of humans”, was made as part of the nomination process for the declaration of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area and its addition to the World Heritage List in 1982.
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