Commitments to improve water quality and reduce stress from commercial fishing could mean the reef avoids going on world heritage danger list
In the letter last week to Azoulay, seen by Guardian Australia, Plibersek asked for confirmation Australia had done enough to satisfy Unesco’s concerns, which included a recommendation last year from a monitoring mission that the reef should be placed on the “in-danger” list.
“The Great Barrier Reef is fragile jewel of world heritage,” Azoulay said. “For many years, Unesco has not ceased alerting the world to the risk of this site losing its universal value forever.“We have proposed several concrete measures which provide a roadmap for tackling the problem. I am delighted that the dialogue between our experts and the Australian authorities has now resulted in a set of formal commitments.
The world’s biggest reef system will be reviewed again by the world heritage committee at its next meeting in September, hosted by Saudi Arabia.
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