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Australia saves Barrier Reef World Heritage status, cops climate deadline
Australia has delayed a proposal for the Great Barrier Reef to be listed as “in danger” of being removed from the list of World Heritage sites, but...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) controls World Heritage listings and on Friday night a committee of 21 countries voted against a proposal to downgrade the…
- Mike Foley
- WAtoday
UNESCO cited two major threats to the World Heritage status of the reef – climate change, which has spurred three mass coral bleaching events since 2016, and water pollution from runoff out of agricultural and…
Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley has spearheaded a whirlwind campaign to delay a…