Currently, 46 World Heritage sites, 20 of which are natural, are on the List of World Heritage in Danger. In 2021, UNESCO considered adding the Great Barrier Reef to the list. This brought an ...

"The listing of a site as World Heritage in Danger ... the Great Barrier Reef had been downgraded. "The UNESCO process has been appalling," Morrison told Australian radio station 4BC on Thursday.

The program’s surveys revealed a significant decrease in shallow coral cover beginning in 2002. Reef-building coral at the Hanauma preserve form a barrier across the entire bay, separating the shallow ...

One of the world's natural wonders, the Great Barrier Reef stretches more than 2000 kilometres in a ... particularly in the management of a World Heritage Area.' The Times Higher Education Supplement ...

El Niño’s return could further strain sensitive ecosystems, like the Great Barrier Reef and the Amazon rainforest, and nudge the planet closer to worrisome tipping points. It might also push ...

Now Hale, who says she forged a connection with the land and the sea while growing up on the northern tip of the Great Barrier Reef ... protecting cultural heritage sites, sustaining waterways ...

Tourism, meet science. This is what a visit to the Great Barrier Reef looks like today, where research and commerce work side by side to find solutions. Wavelength is one of six commercial ...

Rummer said UNESCO's recommendation to place the Great Barrier Reef on the World Heritage "in danger" list underlines the fact that "we need to do more, both urgently and rapidly, to cut emissions".

Travelers can also enjoy an array of local brews at Cairns' Barrier Reef Brewing Co. For those who plan to linger farther south in Townsville, Australian restaurants like A Touch of Salt ...

According to the think tank Deloitte Access Economics, the Great Barrier Reef has an ... Previous attempts to place the reef on the List of World Heritage in Danger have been fiercely opposed ...