Australia welcomed a draft UNESCO decision not to list the Great Barrier Reef as an endangered site, its assistant tourism minister said on Saturday, despite ongoing struggles of the world's biggest coral reef ecosystem with coral bleaching. The reef, which has suffered several mass coral bleaching»»»

A draft UNESCO decision has left Australia's Great Barrier Reef — the world's largest coral reef system — off the United Nations (UN) agency's list of endangered sites, much to Canberra's relief. The UN had previously expressed "utmost concern" about the future of the Great Barrier Reef over mass c»»»

Unesco has been monitoring the Great Barrier Reef annually since 2021, when it warned it was at risk of being placed on the list of World Heritage items ‘in danger’. (EPA Images pic) SYDNEY: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, a major tourism drawcard, has avoided being listed as endangered despite the»»»