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Australia lobbies Unesco stop it from listing Great Barrier Reef as 'in danger'

2015-05-14 23:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The Australian government is undertaking frantic diplomatic efforts to avoid the Great Barrier Reef being listed as in danger by the UN, amid rising international concern over the opening up of a vast region in the state of Queensland for gigantic new coal mines. A draft decision on the reefs status is expected to be delivered by the end of this month ahead of a meeting of Unescos world heritage committee in Bonn, Germany in June. Unesco has already expressed its concern over erosion of the...

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