November 29, 2022 12:41 PM

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

<span style="color: #222222;">A UN panel has recommended that Australia's Great Barrier Reef should be listed as a world heritage site that is in danger. It said, the world's biggest coral reef ecosystem was significantly impacted by climate change and warming of oceans.<br />''<br />''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.<br />''<br />''However, Australian Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said that the government would push UNESCO to not list the reef as endangered because climate change was threatening all coral reefs across the world.<br />'' <br />''In January, the Australian government announced a billion-dollar package to protect the reef. </span><br />

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