UN panel recommends Australia's Great Barrier Reef be put on in danger list

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Category : International Published on: December 01 2022

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A UN panel has recommended that Australia's Great Barrier Reef should be listed as a world heritage site that is in danger.
The world's biggest coral reef ecosystem was significantly impacted by climate change and warming of oceans.
The long-awaited report on the 10-day mission that took place in March said, climate change was presenting a serious challenge to the values that saw the reef inscribed as a global wonder in 1981.
Corals are sessile animals that ‘take root’ on the ocean floor.

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UN panel recommends Australia's Great Barrier Reef be put on in danger list