Wednesday, 23 Jun 2021 07:52 AM MYT
Oliver Lanyon, Senior Ranger in the Great Barrier Reef region for the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, takes photographs and notes during an inspection of the reef’s condition in this picture released April 20, 2015. — Reuters pic
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BRISBANE, June 23 — Australia said yesterday it will strongly oppose a Unesco plan to list the Great Barrier Reef as being “in danger” over deterioration caused by climate change.
The UN body released a draft report on Monday recommending the reef’s World Heritage status be downgraded because of its dramatic coral decline, after years of public threats to do so.