The coral reef has been bleached white due to algae being released in warmer waters
(Picture: PA Media)Australia’s government has said it will fight a recommendation by a UN panel that the Great Barrier Reef should be classified as a world heritage site “in danger”.
The country’s environment minister Tanya Plibersek has pledged to lobby to stop protective measures being implemented after UNESCO said the world's biggest coral reef ecosystem has been hit significantly by warmer oceans as a result of climate change.
