Recent News Headlines : Abbot  point - Australia

WORLD HERITAGE SITES THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE NEARLY DOUBLES SINCE 2014


Latest findings have revealed that climate change impacts one in four natural World Heritage sites, including coral reefs, glaciers, and wetlands... READ MORE

13th November, 2017 22

FROM THE EVERGLADES TO KILIMANJARO, CLIMATE CHANGE IS DESTROYING WORLD WONDERS


Natural world heritage sites also play a crucial role supporting local economies and livelihoods, said Tim Badman, director of IUCN's World Heritage Programme... READ MORE

13th November, 2017 5493

CHINA-US TOURISM EXCHANGE GETS A BOOST


By hosting this event, we hope to introduce China's world heritage sites to American tourists and provide an opportunity to deepen China-US tourism cooperation... READ MORE

15th October, 2017 0

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AUSTRALIA SCRUBBED FROM UN CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT AFTER GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION


Recent experience in Australia had shown that negative commentary about the status of world heritage properties impacted on tourism... READ MORE

27th May, 2016 4758

AUSTRALIA'S 'RESPONSE PLAN' DRAFT CONTAINS NO NEW ACTION OR FUNDING


Great Barrier Reef Australia's 'response plan' draft contains no new action or funding... READ MORE

29th November, 2016 4700

WORLD HERITAGE FORESTS BURN AS GLOBAL TRAGEDY UNFOLDS IN TASMANIA


It concluded that lightning fires were now the main threat to the survival of the world heritage area... READ MORE

27th January, 2016 4439

COUNTRIES WITH CORAL REEFS MUST DO MORE ON CLIMATE CHANGE - UNESCO


The new decision builds on that assessment, clarifying the responsibility of countries with custodianship over world-heritage listed coral reefs... READ MORE

11th July, 2017 2690

PARIS AGREEMENT'S 1.5C TARGET 'ONLY WAY' TO SAVE CORAL REEFS, UNESCO SAYS


First global assessment of climate change impact on world heritage-listed reefs says local efforts are 'no longer sufficient'... READ MORE

24th June, 2017 2103

THE WORLD NEEDS WILDLIFE TOURISM. BUT THAT WON'T WORK WITHOUT WILDLIFE


But the very assets that underpin this wildlife-based tourism - the wildlife itself - are under severe threat... READ MORE

22nd June, 2017 1925

LABOR TO BAN DREDGE SPOIL DUMPING IN THE GREAT BARRIER REEF WORLD HERITAGE AREA


Poll Should the Abbott government legislate a ban on dumping dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef world heritage area?... READ MORE

10th November, 2014 1114


A reef campaigner with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Felicity Wishart, said the report contained no measurable, deliverable action... READ MORE

15th September, 2014 1103

MINING AND OIL THREATENS ONE IN THREE NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITES REPORT


Of natural world heritage sites in Africa, more than six in ten are threatened with development... READ MORE

1st October, 2015 1056

GREAT BARRIER REEF: THIRD FATALITY IN A WEEK AS BRITISH TOURIST DIES ON DIVE


A British man has died while diving on the Great Barrier Reef, the third death in three days among visitors to Australia's popular natural tourist attraction... READ MORE

18th November, 2016 949

GREEN 'LAWFARE': VOTERS FEEL COALITION IS TRYING TO SILENCE ENVIRONMENT GROUPS


The latest move by the Abbott government puts at risk not just our environment but our very democracy... READ MORE

10th September, 2015 863

GREAT BARRIER REEF POLLUTERS FACE TOUGHER ACTION UNDER QUEENSLAND'S NEW GOVERNMENT


Labor government appoints states first ever reef minister as it steps up plan to avoid the UN listing the ecosystem as in danger... READ MORE

17th February, 2015 828

GREAT BARRIER REEF: UNESCO PUSHES FOR TREE-CLEARING CONTROLS


The reef suffered its world bleaching event on record this Australian summer, killing off 22 percent of its coral, according to government agencies... READ MORE

27th September, 2016 796

AUSTRALIA SENDS DIPLOMATS OUT TO DEFEND ITS ACTIONS


Fish swim over coral in the Great Barrier Reef, which the Australian government is lobbying to keep off the World Heritage Committee's in danger list... READ MORE

12th December, 2014 712

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT OFFERS JUNKETS TO JOURNALISTS


Great barrier reef lobbying australian government offers junkets to journalists... READ MORE

6th March, 2015 680

AMAZON RAINFOREST AND GREAT BARRIER REEF NEED BETTER CARE, SAY SCIENTISTS


Researchers said local management at each of the world heritage sites was worrisome and risked compounding the effects of climate change... READ MORE

19th March, 2015 546

HALF OF WORLD HERITAGE SITES THREATENED BY DEVELOPMENT, SAYS WWF


World heritage sites fall under three categories cultural, natural and mixed... READ MORE

6th April, 2016 544

QUEENSLAND GIVES ADANI ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT FOR CARMICHAEL COALMINE


Adani still has to obtain a mining lease from the Queensland government... READ MORE

2nd February, 2016 518

GREAT BARRIER REEF AT RISK FROM 'RUSHED' SEDIMENT DUMPING PLAN AT ABBOT POINT


Great Barrier Reef at risk from 'rushed' sediment dumping plan at Abbot Point... READ MORE

22nd December, 2014 476

TONY ABBOTT UNVEILS PLAN TO SAVE GREAT BARRIER REEF


We're making our position clear right around the world this is a number one priority of the Australian government to protect the Great Barrier Reef... READ MORE

21st March, 2015 465

COMMENT: GEORGE CHRISTENSEN MAKES ME EMBARRASSED TO BE A QUEENSLANDER


But unluckily for those of us in the Sunshine State, embarrassing politicians are not a thing of the past... READ MORE

21st September, 2015 415

AUSTRALIA LOBBYING TO STOP GREAT BARRIER REEF MAKING 'IN DANGER' LIST


Australia lobbying to stop Great Barrier Reef making 'in danger' list... READ MORE

26th February, 2015 409

ADANI FREEZES INVESTMENT IN CARMICHAEL MINE UNTIL WORLD COAL PRICE RECOVERS


Adani must show financial closure on its project before the Queensland government will allow dredging of Great Barrier Reef waters to expand its Abbot Point port... READ MORE

5th February, 2016 402

WORLD HERITAGE REEFS AT RISK OF CORAL BLEACHING AFTER HEAT STRESS EXPOSURE, UNESCO SAYS


Almost 75 per cent of world heritage coral reefs have been exposed to heat stress that causes coral bleaching in the past three years, UNESCO says... READ MORE

20th June, 2017 350

CLIFFS OF MOHER SET TO TOP LIST FOR TOURISTS


Joe O Shea unearths the funniest TripAdvisor reviews..... READ MORE

12th August, 2015 326


A reef campaigner with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Felicity Wishart, said the report contained no measurable, deliverable action... READ MORE

15th September, 2014 314

9 WONDERS OF THE WORLD SET TO VANISH FOREVER


However, Unesco warns redevelopment in the area - namely, the multi-billion Liverpool Waters mixed use waterfront quarter - will adversely alter the site. More information... READ MORE

28th September, 2016 312

OH VIENNA: WORLD HERITAGE STATUS THREATENED BY HIGH-RISE


But the World Heritage Committee WHC took issue with the tower's height of 66.3 metres, which had already been reduced from 75 metres following protests... READ MORE

6th July, 2017 305

GREEN AND INDIGENOUS GROUPS FURIOUS OVER QUEENSLAND'S CARMICHAEL COALMINE LEASE APPROVAL


Conservationists and traditional owners have been floored by Queensland's decision to grant mining leases for Adani's mega-coalmine while two court challenges are unresolved... READ MORE

4th April, 2016 292

GREAT BARRIER REEF, KAKADU AMONG WORLD HERITAGE SITES OF 'SIGNIFICANT CONCERN'


Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu among World Heritage sites of 'significant concern' IUCN... READ MORE

13th November, 2014 289


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