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It still sounds like the reef is healthy in general though right? It’s refreshing to get some good news once in a while.
by bilsbie 4y ago
It still sounds like the reef is healthy in general though right? It’s refreshing to get some good news once in a while.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoIf you want good news, here's the recent Sky take on it: https://news.sky.com/story/australia-argues-against-great-barrier-reefs-recommended-endangered-status-12757685 https://news.sky.com/story/australia-argues-against-great-ba... > Officials from the UN cultural agency and the International Union for Conservation of Nature released a report on Monday warning that without "ambitious, rapid and sustained" climate action, the world's largest coral reef is in peril. ... > We'll very clearly make the point to UNESCO that there is no need to single the Great Barrier Reef out in this way" with an endangered listing, Ms Plibersek told reporters. > "The reason that UNESCO in the past has singled out a place as at risk is because they wanted to see greater government investment or greater government action and, since the change of government, both of those things have happened," she added.