World Heritage Area

While it may not be the largest World Heritage Area on Earth, the Great Barrier Reef is one of the better known. Its biological diversity is also unmatched by any other World Heritage Area.

Chief Scientist talks Crown-of-thorns starfish

Few ecosystems on earth are as vulnerable to the impacts of climate change as coral reefs.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Chief Scientist Dr Roger Beeden explains the future sustainability of the world’s most complex marine ecosystem also relies, in part, on household vinegar!

Coral bleaching

We’ve put together some information on coral bleaching here to separate fact from fiction when it comes to what’s happening on the Reef right now. We call this Myth-Busting coral bleaching.

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