Australia's Great Barrier Reef on Brink of Collapse

Gladstone : Australia | Oct 01, 2012 at 12:00 PM PDT

Source: Inter Press Service

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IPS Articles I can't believe itthat is really shocking, said Graeme Kelleher, first chair and CEO of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, which has protected and managed most of the reef since 1975. Australian Institute of Marine Science) did it, then it must be real, Kelleher said when IPS... FULL ARTICLE AT Inter Press Service

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