If Australia does its “fair share” to limit global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius, WWF says, it will also give the Great Barrier Reef “a fighting chance” for the future
. Yet the country has now been placed back on probation over its declining health. UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee did not immediately place the Reef on the List of World Heritage in Danger –– but it may do so in 2022, when a decision will be made.
According to Leck, the Committee first placed the country on probation around a decade ago. He notes that part of the reason why the Committee’s work in the first half of the decade was so influential was due to their willingness to consider ‘In Danger’ listing for the reef from 2012-2015.
There have been three mass coral bleaching events in 2016, 2017 and 2020. Leck says scientists estimate that between 30 to 50 percent of shallow waters were lost after the 2016/7 bleaching events, while in 2020, despite the coral bleach being very extensive there was “less mortality.” On a positive note, Leck refers to recent reports that indicate the reef is “still resilient and can recover from these events”.
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