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Australia’s Marine Conservation Society acts to protect Great Barrier Reef

In a Petition launched 24th March 2014 the Australian Marine Conservation Society is petitioning the Australian Government to cease granting development licences which the Conservation Society believes create a serious threat to the integrity of the Great Barrier reef. To view and support this Petition, visit: https://reef.marineconservation.org.au/sign.html?utm_campaign=AMCSREEF

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Dredging and Coral Reef smothering

Divers near the bay by the Port of Miami have reported that large numbers of corals are either dead or dying, suffocated by the sediment created by a $205 million dredging project intended to expand a shipping channel to make room for a new generation of supersize cargo ships. Back in 2013 US federal agencies […]

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