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New study shows Australia guilty of the world’s largest downgrading of a marine national park

When vast sections of the Coral Sea Marine Park were opened up to commercial fishing in 2018 it was the largest downgrading of a protected area in history,...

20 May 2021

Evidence of Coral Bleaching on Lizard Island

First photos of 2020 coral bleaching

Scientists fear these images of heat stressed, bleached coral at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef could be the start of another mass bleaching event.

21 February 2020

Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swimming through a reef. Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea. 31 May 2010

Coral Sea is a “hawksbill highway” for critically endangered turtles

New satellite tracking has confirmed that critically endangered hawksbill turtles use the Coral Sea as their highway to travel from Papua New Guinea to the...

30 May 2018

The federal government is pushing ahead with “the largest protected area downgrading in the world”

The final boundaries released by the Federal Government for changes to marine parks confirm they will be the largest downgrading of protected area the world...

21 March 2018

WWF analysis shows Australia proposes “the largest protected area downgrading in the world”

An investigation by WWF-Australia shows the Federal Government’s proposed changes to marine parks would be the largest downgrading of protected area the world...

8 September 2017

80% of Australia’s federal marine parks to be open to fishing

Draft plans released today dramatically reduce protection for Australia's oceans by allowing fishing in 80% of the total area of Australia’s federal marine...

21 July 2017