Protecting the environmental integrity of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Brennan, Claire

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The Great Barrier Reef is a complex web of life located on the east coast of Queensland, Australia. Sprawling over 1,400 miles and including almost 3,000 individual reefs, it is the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem and contains a diverse array of habitats. Its status as a World Heritage site recognizes both this ecological signficance and the Reef's long human history. Human interactions with the Reef are of many types, some the habits of local people conducting normal economic activities within its catchment, some the actions of visitors drawn by the Reef’s beauty, and some occurring at a global scale, effected by people far distant from the Reef itself. While many of these interactions stem from love and admiration for the Reef, others stem from ignorance. This chapter explores the diverse ways in which the Reef has been, and continues to be, changed by human actions.

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Sustainable Planet: Issues and Solutions for our Environment's Future

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978-1-4408-5571-9

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ABC-CLIO

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Santa Barbara, CA, USA

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