A letter from the US miner raised hope that the jarrah forest inland from Perth would escape its strip mining for bauxite, but Alcoa is keeping its options open.
Murujuga is what the traditional custodians call the Burrup Peninsula near Karratha, WA.
The area is home to ancient World Heritage-listed rock art and heavy industry, including Woodside's North West Shelf and Pliuto LNG plants.
An expert, independent of government and industry, explains how prolonged industrial activity on the Burrup Peninsula in WA endangers an Australian marvel.
The draft of a decision to be made in July tells the Australian Government to remove polluting industries - such as Woodside's North West Shelf plant - from the area.
