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Six years later, this declaration was extended like a shield over the Walls of Jerusalem National Park, a plateau of alpine lakes, dolerite monoliths given names such as Solomon’s Throne and King David’s Peak, and 1,000-year-old pencil pines that stand, arthritic and wise, like guardians of a lost age.

After a decision adverse to the project was issued by the full bench of the Tasmanian Supreme Court, the resort’s backers withdrew their planning appeal and have since pinned their hopes on a federal approval smoothing the way.

Once-immaculate corners of the planet — from Mount Everest, whose flanks are now strewn with refuse, to the Galapagos Islands, which itself has become one of South America’s fastest-growing economies — are endangered and authorities are unsure what, if anything, should be done about it.

Soaring visitor numbers were in part attributed to a 2015 Justin Bieber music video, I’ll Show You, which featured the hoodie-wearing pop star wandering along the edge of the plunging gorge.

Indigenous cultures have understood this keenly for thousands of years, but even colonials have come, gradually, to see the wilderness not as a desolate nether world, but a place of longing; in the 19th century, Europeans began to describe it as the “romantically sublime”.

Its luxury accommodation, gourmet food and adventure itinerary — helicopter rides, access to penguin colonies and “champagne picnics” — are all made possible thanks to the company’s use of a private jet.

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