Posted on Jun 22, 2021
Unesco: Great Barrier Reef should be listed as 'in danger'
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Australia's government has lashed out after a United Nations report claimed it had not done enough to protect the Great Barrier Reef from climate change.
UN body Unesco said the reef should be put on a list of World Heritage Sites that are "in danger" due to the damage it has suffered.
Key targets on improving water quality had not been met, it said.
Environment minister Sussan Ley said UN experts had reneged on past assurances.
She confirmed that Australia planned to challenge the listing, which would take place at a meeting next month, saying: "Clearly there were politics behind it; clearly those politics have subverted a proper process."
The World Heritage Committee is a 12-nation group chaired by China, which has had a vexed diplomatic relationship with Canberra in recent years.
UN body Unesco said the reef should be put on a list of World Heritage Sites that are "in danger" due to the damage it has suffered.
Key targets on improving water quality had not been met, it said.
Environment minister Sussan Ley said UN experts had reneged on past assurances.
She confirmed that Australia planned to challenge the listing, which would take place at a meeting next month, saying: "Clearly there were politics behind it; clearly those politics have subverted a proper process."
The World Heritage Committee is a 12-nation group chaired by China, which has had a vexed diplomatic relationship with Canberra in recent years.
Unesco: Great Barrier Reef should be listed as 'in danger'
Posted from bbc.com
Australia
Climate Change
China
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PBS had a show on how some SCIENTISTS, (you know the smart people that we need to listen to) are replanting some parts of the reef with new growth.
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