UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has again raised grave fears for the future of the Great Barrier Reef, highlighting the ...

The Great Barrier Reef is a site of remarkable variety and beauty on the north-east coast of Australia. It contains the world’s largest collection of coral reefs, with 400 types of coral, 1,500 ...

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A United Nations body has recommended delaying a decision to place the Great Barrier Reef on a list of "in danger" World Heritage sites, but emphasised it remains under "serious threat" from ...

SYDNEY: Australia's Great Barrier Reef should be added to a list of "in danger" World Heritage sites, according to UN experts who warned the fading wonder has been "significantly impacted" by ...

and this week bleaching was also spotted on the world's southern-most reef at Lord Howe Island - which too lies in Australian waters. The Great Barrier Reef has been heritage-listed for over 40 ...

The United Nations World Heritage Committee has officially kept the Great Barrier Reef off its list of sites "in danger", but Australia remains under pressure to show it is doing enough to protect ...

New research shows that Australians care deeply about the Great Barrier Reef (GBR)—one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the ...

The world's largest ... to not list the reef as endangered because climate change was threatening all coral reefs across the world. "There is no need to single the Great Barrier Reef out in ...