Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
UNESCO Is Examining Australia's Neglect of the Great Barrier Reef
Every July since 2012, UNESCO has threatened to place the Great Barrier Reef on their 'in-danger' list. In Part 1 of our two-part series, we're looking at Australia's efforts to avoid the listing
The New Plan to Save the Reef Focuses on Water Quality and Not Climate Change
Which is why many experts think it won't work.
Will Dredge Spoil From the Reef Destroy the Caley Valley Wetlands?
The expansion of Abbot Point will no longer mean dumping dredge spoil on the reef. Instead it's to be dumped in a wetland, which creates a new set of problems.
Goodbye Great Barrier Reef, Hello Dredge Dumping
Last Friday Australia gave an Indian resources conglomerate the thumbs up to dredge out the world’s largest coal port at Abbot Point, right on the reef; effectively signing the death warrant on one of the country's most prized natural attractions.
Advertisement