AUSTRALIA

UNESCO calls for pause on coastal development

THE United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation thinks the Great Barrier Reef is under threat from unprecedented development on the Queensland coast and is calling for a halt to new development but has stopped short of labelling the reef "at risk".

James McGrath

UNESCO calls for pause on coastal development

The revelation comes from UNESCO's draft "state of conservation" paper on the reef, which will be mulled over by the World Heritage Committee later this month. It noted increasing concerns about the...

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