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Australia avoids UNESCO downgrade of Great Barrier Reef

The News Scroll 23 July 2021   Last Updated at 5:57 pm | Source: PTI 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 1970-01-01T05:30:00+0530 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.

Australia foils Unesco attempt to downgrade Great Barrier Reef - Newspaper

A man snorkels in an area called the Coral Gardens on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Reuters/File CANBERRA: Australia on Friday garnered enough international support to defer for two years an attempt by the United Nations cultural organisation 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. But Australian-proposed amendments to the draft decision at a committee meeting in China on Friday deferred the in danger question until 2023.

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