Australia must take 'urgent' action to protect the Great Barrier Reef, including setting more ambitious climate targets, the UN's cultural organisation has warned.
This photo 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. Australia will strongly oppose a UNESCO plan to list the Great Barrier Reef as"in danger" over its deterioration caused by climate change, the government said on June 22, 2021.
"We are acting on climate change, improving local water quality, protecting our marine life, dealing with invasive species, and investing a record amount of money into reef programs," she said in a statement Tuesday. The draft decision welcomed some of the steps taken by Australia, including on water quality around the reef and restrictions on gill-net fishing.
It also urged Australia to make public "as soon as possible" details on reef mortality rates in the latest round of bleaching."Today's draft decision is a huge win for Queensland, a huge win for the thousands of people who rely on the reef for work, and a huge win for all the plants and animals that call it home," she said.
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