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Plan ensures Great Barrier Reef future: Australia
2015-03-21 08:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Australia released its long-term blueprint to save the Great Barrier Reef Saturday, with Prime Minister Tony Abbott saying protecting the World Heritage site was a priority. The 35-year plan for the major tourist attraction off the Queensland coast includes a complete and permanent ban on the dumping of capital dredge material in the area and sets targets to improve water quality and marine life populations. Abbott said the plan would "secure Australia's majestic Great Barrier Reef as a place...
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Australia: Abbott unveils plan to save Great Barrier Reef
2015-03-21 07:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia has submitted its long-term plan to arrest the decline of the Great Barrier Reef, with Tony Abbott stressing to the international community that the government is utterly committed to the reefs preservation. The Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan has been compiled to allay concerns from Unesco over the fading health of the reef, with the organisations world heritage committee set to meet in June to decide whether the reef is to be listed as in danger. The plan sets a number...
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Weapons of World War III: How new technology will affect the next great conflict
2015-03-19 13:50:17| Extremetech
AUSTIN–During a panel this week at South by Southwest Interactive 2015, authors Peter Singer and August Cole discussed their collaboration on Ghost Fleet, a novel about the next great superpower conflict. Part of the reason they wrote the book is to be able to paint a picture, in fiction, of how big future wars might be fought…
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4 great ways ABCs The Bachelor Chris Soules is putting ag in the national spotlight
2015-03-19 11:03:00| Beef
ABCs The Bachelor Chris Soules is using his 15 minutes of fame as Prince Farming to be an advocate for agriculture. Here are four reasons to root for this charming farm boy. Content Classification: Curated BEEF Daily read more
IMO agrees ships routeing measures to protect Australias Great Barrier Reef
2015-03-19 01:00:00| Ship Technology
The IMO Sub-Committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue (NCSR) has agreed new ship routeing measures to protect sensitive areas in the south-west Coral Sea, off Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
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