We need to 'think bigger' to save our great wonder



Lissa Schindler -
 we need to
"think bigger"

Government’s need to “think bigger” if they are to protect on one of the world’s great wonders from climate change.

Acidification of the world’s oceans by carbon dioxide threatens Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, but little, or nothing is being done.

A story published today in the Melbourne Age headed: “Survey finds Great Barrier Reef coral losing strength” points the inadequate governmental response.

“Scientists surveying a reef flat just south of the resort island, off Cooktown, have measured a near 40 per cent decline in deposition of the vital building block for healthy coral, calcium carbonate”, the story says.

It adds, “However, the risk is not dealt with in the federal and Queensland governments' draft Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability plan, which refers to unspecified action to "maximise the reef's resilience to the current and future effects of climate change.

“The Australian Marine Conservation Society's Lissa Schindler said: "The Reef 2050 plan doesn't really do anything to engage on climate change. It needs to think bigger."