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‘Second to none’: Australia responds to UNESCO’s Great Barrier Reef warning
The federal government has defended its efforts to preserve the World Heritage status of the Great Barrier Reef, arguing all the world’s coral reefs are threatened by climate change, not just Australia’s, and global action on emissions is needed to protect them.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation issued a draft recommendation in June that the Great Barrier Reef should be listed as an “in danger” World Heritage site.
- Mike Foley
- Brisbane Times
Australia in effect won a stay of execution in July by garnering enough international support, with 12 of the 21 countries on the UNESCO committee backing its proposal to delay a vote.
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