Queensland
Government ignores UNESCO on Great Barrier Reef
November 2012. Australia's snubfin dolphin and other marine life face new
threats to survival after the Queensland Government revealed draft plans for
massive industrial development along the Great Barrier Reef coast.
WWF-Australia
have expressed alarm over the Queensland Government's draft plans to open up
sites up and down the Queensland coast to huge new port developments and said
the strategy pushed the Great Barrier Reef one step closer to being listed on
UNESCO's ‘World Heritage in Danger' list.
"Earlier
this year, UNESCO delivered a ‘show cause' notice to the Australian and
Queensland Governments and requested that no new port development or associated
infrastructure outside of the existing and long-established major port areas be
permitted," said WWF spokesperson Richard Leck.
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