The Great Barrier Reef is likely to avoid being listed as in danger for at least another year as a United Nations body recommends delaying a decision on its World Heritage status.
So it’s not so much that the reef is not in danger, it’s that the Australian government doesn’t want its economy disturbed and has been successfully lobbying against scientists recommendations.
It sounds like they’ve made some progress and that they’re delaying this decision for a year in the hopes that it’ll encourage more, so while the notion that the reef is not in danger is, obviously, bullshit, if UNESCO can dangle that designation over the Aussies’ heads as a stick for a few years and get them to work a bit harder to protect the reef, maybe it’s kind of defensible?
It’s been about 5yrs now. UNESCO know it’s endangered, but the government keep debating their data and privately sourcing bs data that pretends everything is okay.
It’s probably too late now. The reef is below a stable level to recover from any more impact. And there is definitively more impact coming from the climate crisis.
So it’s not so much that the reef is not in danger, it’s that the Australian government doesn’t want its economy disturbed and has been successfully lobbying against scientists recommendations.
I was just coming in to question the use of the word “escape”. Such sad bull shit.
It sounds like they’ve made some progress and that they’re delaying this decision for a year in the hopes that it’ll encourage more, so while the notion that the reef is not in danger is, obviously, bullshit, if UNESCO can dangle that designation over the Aussies’ heads as a stick for a few years and get them to work a bit harder to protect the reef, maybe it’s kind of defensible?
It’s been about 5yrs now. UNESCO know it’s endangered, but the government keep debating their data and privately sourcing bs data that pretends everything is okay.
It’s probably too late now. The reef is below a stable level to recover from any more impact. And there is definitively more impact coming from the climate crisis.
Dangle away. I guarantee you we won’t do shit to stop the reef from dying. Y’all need to smash us with tariffs and trade sanctions.
Which is fucking bizarre because the coal mines they’re dredging it for provide a small fraction of the jobs the tourism industry in that area does.