Australia avoids UNESCO downgrade of Great Barrier Reef
The Hindu
UNESCO had recommended that its World Heritage Committee add the world's largest coral reef ecosystem to the World Heritage in Danger list, mainly due to rising ocean temperatures
Australia has garnered enough international support to defer an attempt by the United Nations' cultural organisation to 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. Also read |More Related News
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