The world's largest coral reef will not fall into danger

According to a reporter in Sydney, the Australian Government has confirmed that the country has made significant progress in protecting the world's largest coral reef Great Barrier Reef.

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In a report to the United Nations World Heritage Committee on 1/2, the Australian Federal Government and the state government of Queensland confirmed the natural value of the Great Barrier Reef, largely still intact. .

To prevent the risk of narrowing this reef, Australia has announced the implementation of a series of plans including a sustainable development strategy up to 2050, measures to improve the quality of coral reefs and draft strategies. Queensland seaport .

According to reports, extreme weather conditions and climate change are the biggest threats to the Great Barrier Reef.

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Australian Environment Minister Greg Hunt said a number of key factors that make up the Great Barrier Reef such as dugongs, turtles, seagrass, coral . have improved significantly.

According to Greg Hunt, with the long-term effort of Australian authorities, this reef will not fall into the list of world natural heritage on the brink of danger.

However, just a day before the Australian government report was issued, the government agency responsible for defending the Great Barrier Reef approved plans to dump millions of cubic meters of dredged mud near the area, to Abbot Point coal port expansion in northern Queensland. Australian environmentalists reacted fiercely to the decision, saying that sludge would jeopardize coral reefs and seagrass.

A report by the United Nations Educational and Scientific Education Organization (UNESCO), released in May 2013, warned that the Great Barrier Reef could be listed as such natural heritage. gender is in danger, if the Australian Government does not timely implement additional safeguards before February 2014.

The Great Barrier Reef is more than 2,300 km long along the coast of Queensland and has an area of ​​about 346,000 km ² .

If the Great Barrier Reef is wiped out, Australia's $ 6 billion (about US $ 5.25 billion) tourism sector will no longer exist and many other sectors such as fishing will suffer. heavy.