The Great Barrier Reef is exposed to much damage, it is threatened. I think that The Great Barrier Reef should have been preserved exactly as the arctic fox in Norway, are protected, what is the difference? The Great Barrier Reef is quite sick, I do not understand how all this might have been to.
From space...
The Great Barrier Reef is over 2000 km long and can be seen from space.
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| Great Barrier Reef from space. |
It was listed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO in 1981, and CNN has named it one of the seven natural wonders of the world.
Oil
Last year, this coral reef threatened by a wrecked Chinese ships "Shen Neng".
Tourism
Each year, more than two million tourists in total will be 2 billion Australian dollars. Tourism is one of the main reasons why the Great Barrier Reef will be destroyed, because they walk on the coral reefs, the boats they are going to throw out the anchors on the coral reefs and boats leaking sometimes oil and gasoline. Tourists litter in the beautiful world heritage.
Wildlife
The Great Barrier Reef contains a lot of lives, many vulnerable and endangered species. In the reef, there are over 1,500 kinds of fish, 4,000 types of mollusc and 350 types of coral.
It is a pity that we are unable to take care of some of the beauty in this world, a shame!
