Tag: Great Barrier Reef Australia

Sussan Ley says she has rejected a proposal from the Queensland Government to be allowed to harvest up to 200,000kg of live coral annually.

Data is being used to prioritise crown-of-thorns starfish control and to understand more about the Reef and its diverse range of habitats.

Environmental group claims politics trumped the truth, as move to list the Reef as ‘In Danger’ is defeated at Friday night meeting.

Aussie scientists find that a year of no pressures from heat stress or cyclones is helping the iconic landmark to rejuvenate.

Minister is meeting Unesco officials and other ‘concerned’ countries as Government rages at a possible In Danger listing for iconic landmark.

Officials say they are ‘stunned’ after a Unesco backflip that sees the Great Barrier Reef singled out for an ‘in danger’ listing.

Proposed Central Queensland Coal Mine is only 10km from Reef and could threated important habitats, conservationists say.

Scientists worry that warmer seas off the coast of WA are causing its coral reefs to bleach. Great Barrier Reef is not at risk at the moment.

More than 2,600 coral fragments are being attached to a web of 165 hexagonal, sand-coated frames to form a healthy area of new reef.

Scientists find that humans, and likely the entire animal kingdom, share important genetic mechanisms with a Barrier Reef sea sponge.

Reef is separate from the Great Barrier Reef and is almost as tall as the famous Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur.

Tourism industry, marine scientists and ordinary Australians are collaborating to survey the entire reef.

This is the first time international experts have been able to investigate life on the Great Barrier Reef at such great depths.

MP and envoy for Australia’s great natural wonder is concerned that spending cuts will lead to further damage for Great Barrier Reef.