Great Barrier Reef Averts Endangered Site Listing
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Australia has kept the Great Barrier Reef from being listed as endangered after Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s government boosted efforts to protect the World Heritage site and popular tourist destination.
Australia must now provide an update by late 2016 on progress implementing a long-term plan to protect the famed reef, according to a preliminary decision Friday by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.