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Protecting the Great Barrier Reef from the impacts of climate change, natural disasters and rising human pressures will be a key test of Australias ability to keep our natural environment healthy and resilient.

Thats the message from Professor Malcolm McCulloch of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (CoECRS) to this weeks gathering of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), in Cairns.

If Australia cant save the GBR, then no-one anywhere in the world can save their coral reefs, Professor McCulloch warns.

We know the threats posed by coral bleaching, ocean acidification, rapid sea level rise and increased coastal erosion. Its about what we can do in the way we manage the reef and look after it that will mitigate those threats.

We have to make our corals as healthy and resilient as possible so they can withstand these stresses.

Preserving Australian and World Heritage sites from dangers posed by climate change, natural disasters and conflict will be the focus of discussion at the ICOMOS conference being held at James Cook University campus in Cairns, North Queensland, this week (July 19-21).

People often dont realise how important heritage is to them. We reference ourselves against it and from it we develop the values that define us, says conference convenor, Dr Susan McIntyre-Tamwoy of CoECRS.

These sites should be appreciated, researched and documented while we have them - after they are gone it will be too late.

The global impacts of natural disasters, climate change, globalisation and conflict are recognised as real risks by governments worldwide. However, their impact on the worlds natural and cultural heritage sites has not been well considered.

We havent come to grips with the risks of climate change and the things that might be damaged or lost with an increase in sea levels, says Dr McIntyre-Tamwoy. We have to ask ourselves how those c
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Contact: Susan McIntyre-Tamwoy
susan.mcintyretamwoy@jcu.edu.au
61-042-521-5012
ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies
19-Jul-2007


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