Great Barrier Reef Gets $1 Billion Funding to Save it from Endangered List

The Australian Government will spend AUD $1 billion (around CAD $900 million) over the next nine years to help manage the Great Barrier Reef after the Commonwealth lobbied for UNESCO to delay a decision listing the site as “in danger.” Of the AUD $1 billion, almost AUD $580 million will go to remediating erosion and improving land condition, and more than AUD $250 million will be spent reducing threats from crown of thorns starfish and preventing illegal fishing. “We’ve been able to ensure that the reef not only remains protected, despite the many environmental challenges to the reef, but to ensure that its status has been able to be preserved,” said Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

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