Guardian: Australias leading coral reef scientists have called for huge coalmining and port developments in Queensland to be scrapped in order to avoid permanent damage to the Great Barrier Reef.
The Australian Coral Reef Society (ACRS) report, compiled by experts from five Australian universities and submitted to the United Nations, warns that industrialising the Great Barrier Reef coastline will cause further stress to what is already a fragile ecosystem.
The report notes that nine proposed mines...