Great Barrier Reef avoids UNESCO in danger listing
This file photograph taken on November 20, 2014 shows an aerial view of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of the Whitsunday Islands, along the central coast of Queensland. At a World Heritage Committee meeting chaired by China, delegates voted not to downgrade the reef to in danger , after a concerted lobbying effort by Canberra. on July 23, 2021. Sarah LAI / AFP.
by Holly Robertson
(AFP)
.- Australia on Friday avoided having the Great Barrier Reef listed as an endangered world heritage site by UNESCO, despite extensive climate change-fuelled damage to the ecosystem s corals.
After a concerted lobbying effort by Canberra, members of the World Heritage Committee including leading fossil fuel producers Russia and Saudi Arabia voted to give Australian conservation efforts more time.
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