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Great Barrier Reef needs better management
Environmental Research Web
13th June 2013
Researchers in Australia who have carried out a risk assessment of the governance systems for the Great Barrier Reef say urgent action is needed to improve key aspects of the way the reef is managed.
"The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recently expressed concern about the governance of the reef," said Allan Dale from the Cairns Institute of James Cook University. Read more
Click here to view a video on YouTube of Allan Dale discussing the subect.
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