Tag: fishing conservation
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Great Barrier Reef: Australia to put in place urgent safeguarding measures requested by UNESCO
Paris, June, 2023 – UNESCO welcomes Australia’s decision to implement urgent new protection measures to safeguard the Great Barrier Reef recommended by UNESCO. The measures include a ban on fishing with gillnets. The Australian government formalized its commitments in a letter addressed to Audrey Azoulay, the Director General of UNESCO this week. “The Great…