The health of the Great Barrier Reef is declining and requires an urgent net benefit policy to ensure development along the Queensland coast does no further damage to the vast coral ecosystem, according to a major government assessment. The Great Barrier Reef strategic assessment warns that the reef faces numerous threats, including erosion of water quality, a plague of crown-of-thorns starfish and climate change, which is described as the most serious long-term risk facing the reef.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 07:57:38 +0000
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