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"Since 2020, the conservation outlook has worsened for four of Australia’s 16
natural World Heritage properties – Ningaloo, Shark Bay, Purnululu National
Park and the Australian Fossil Mammal Sites. This means 25% of our natural
areas globally recognised as being significant are either in worse health or
need better planning to secure their future.
The Great Barrier Reef remains in the lowest rating – “critical” – as one of
just 17 natural World Heritage properties globally with this outlook. Only
Macquarie Island has improved in its outlook, largely due to the removal of
rodents and rabbits. Australia’s 11 other properties have an unchanged outlook.
These findings come from the new independent
World Heritage Outlook,
published today by the world authority on nature, the International Union for
Conservation of Nature.
Why the downgrades? Climate change is the biggest threat. Worsening marine
heatwaves are hitting coral reefs hard, while land areas are also affected by
extreme weather and wildfires. Climate change now poses a severe threat to 12
of Australia’s properties – 75% of the total – more than any other threat."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
