SYDNEY: Australia Thursday hailed a United Nations decision to keep the Great Barrier Reef off its in danger list as “tremendous”, but activists warned more must be done to improve the marine park’s health.
The world’s biggest coral reef ecosystem, which has had World Heritage Site status since 1981, has been under increasing threat from climate change, farming run-off, development and the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish.
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