Land fixed ancient monuments must not be damaged, altered or moved in whole or in part. There must not be built, plowed, lit fires, put up tents or abandon waste in and around the area of past memories.
According to the conservation Act is there a protection zone of 20 m around each cultural site. Activities allowed within 20 meters includes some agricultural activities and construction of the path to and from the land leased ancient monuments.
Within a distance of 2 meters from a land fixed ancient monument, there shall be no activities.
Agricultural activities include the superficial tillage with harrowing down to 15 cm, fertilization, planting, and use of land for grazing.
Greenland National Museum may grant permission to other agricultural activities, including rock removal and installation of information signs, garbage cans and anything else appropriate for public access to the land fixed ancient monuments.
Greenland National Museum keeps a register of all protected cultural monuments. The National Museum is the only institution that has access to the register and skills to evaluate recorded data.
Many protected cultural sites can be difficult to see and that is one of the reasons why the National Museum has to see all land applications to assess whether there will be conflict with the conservation law.
The National Museum of Greenland has through the last couples of years carried out archaological surveys in the inland areas, which are going to be affected, if the ALCOA project will start up. Through these surveys many new discoveries has been made. The Final Report concludes that the area is worth conserving for the future!
Read the Report here (shortened)
