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23 July 2021
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Australia avoids UNESCO downgrade of Great Barrier Reef
Outlook
July 23, 2021 17:57 IST
Australia avoids UNESCO downgrade of Great Barrier Reef
outlookindia.com
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Canberra, Jul 23 (AP) Australia on Friday garnered enough international support to defer for two years an attempt by the United Nations'' cultural organization to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef''s World Heritage status because of damage caused by climate change.
UNESCO had recommended that its World Heritage Committee add the world''s largest coral reef ecosystem off the northeast Australian coast to the World Heritage in Danger list, mainly due to rising ocean temperatures.