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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
Environment
Amanda Morrow

Window to save Australia's Great Barrier Reef is closing fast, report warns

A tourist snorkels above bleached and dead coral around Lizard Island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, on 5 April 2024. © AFP - DAVID GRAY

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is on the brink of irreversible damage due to countries’ persistent failure to address the root causes of climate change, a damning new report by the country's leading reef management agency has warned.

Published every five years, this latest analysis paints a grim picture of the world’s largest coral reef system, which is struggling to recover from its fifth mass bleaching event in eight years.

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