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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...
New study shows parrotfish are critical to coral reef island building
2015-04-28 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] As well as being a beautiful species capable of changing its colour, shape and even gender, new research published today shows that parrotfish, commonly found on healthy coral reefs, can also play a pivotal role in providing the sands necessary to build and maintain coral reef islands. The study, based on work in the Maldives and published in the journal Geology, found that parrotfish produced more than 85% of the new sand-grade sediment on the reefs around the…
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Great Barrier Reef can be saved if climate change addressed: James Cook University report
2015-04-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: A group of leading coral reef scientists says the Great Barrier Reef can be restored to its former glory, but only if climate change is addressed. James Cook University (JCU) scientists have released a six point plan to save the reef, including Australia shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy and a recasting of the role of the reef's Marine Park Authority. The report's authors said the Great Barrier Reef has lost half its coral cover over the last 40 years and its condition was poor...
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Australia: Great Barrier Reef Can Be Saved
2015-04-07 19:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Just after recent research warned that the world's most iconic ecosystems, including the Great Barrier Reef, may collapse under climate change, a new study is saying that this iconic site can in fact be saved. Leading coral reef scientists say Australia could restore the Great Barrier Reef to its former glory through better policies that focus on science, protection and conservation. In the journal Nature Climate Change, the authors argue that all the stressors on the Reef need to be reduced in...
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Great Barrier Reef: New report slams government's 'weak' recovery plan
2015-04-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The federal governments plan to reverse the decline of the Great Barrier Reef is weak and requires greater action in six key areas, including climate change, according to a new report. The set of recommendations, compiled by three of the reefs most experienced scientists, warn that opening up huge new coalmines in Queensland is too risky for the Great Barrier Reef. They also say that it will not be possible to develop and operate the largest coal ports in the world along the edge of the...
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