Great Barrier Reef
Report
Review of World Heritage assessments in Great Barrier Reef outlook report 2019
This review was tasked with considering the adequacy of the assessment of World Heritage values in the 2019 Great Barrier Reef outlook report, and to outline any recommendations for improvement.
Report
Great Barrier Reef outlook report 2019
The Great Barrier Reef region is core to Australia’s identity and improving its outlook is critical. This 2019 report is the third comprehensive report in the series, and identifies that the region still faces significant pressures, ranging in scale from local to global.
Discussion paper
Banking against the Reef: climate change and funding for the Great Barrier Reef
This paper explores the fossil fuel divestment movement and, on the other side of the coin, the fossil free investment movement. In addition to the benefit of aligning investments with an organisation’s purpose, it finds the returns available on local and international fossil free investment indices to be competitive, if not superior, to standard investment...
Strategy
Reef 2050 long-term sustainability plan - July 2018
This updated reef plan, released by the Australian and Queensland governments, is the overarching framework for protecting and managing the Great Barrier Reef until 2050.
Report
Lethal consequences: climate change impacts on the Great Barrier Reef
This report shows how the Great Barrier Reef could be hit with repeat coral bleaching events every two years by 2034, under current greenhouse gas pollution rates.