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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Graham Readfearn

Set more ambitious climate targets to save Great Barrier Reef, Unesco urges Australia

Heron Island from the air
The reefs around Heron Island research station and resort on the Great Barrier Reef. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Unesco has urged Australia to set more ambitious climate targets for the Great Barrier Reef in a list of recommendations to preserve its status as a world heritage site.

The report, published in Paris late on Monday, did not recommend the reef be placed on a list of sites “in danger” – a threat that has hung over the reef for years – when the 21-country world heritage committee meets next month.

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