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Thirty years ago, Australia willingly made the Great Barrier Reef a World Heritage Area - a listing that was intended to protect it. Currently, the biggest dredging operation ever attempted is now being undertaken inshore from the Reef to service the huge liquefied natural gas tankers exporting Coal Seam Gas and expand its coal loading capacity. The Australian Government neglected to inform the World Heritage Committee of these plans that could have dire consequences for marine life and the health of the reef!

On March 7th representatives from UNESCO will be travelling to the mining sites and assessing whether The GBR still satisfies the criteria for World Heritage listing. If not, the Qld and Federal government will have a deadline to change the operation or the listing will be removed. Positive Change for Marine Life will be meeting with concerned residents, individuals, activists and other organisations there to show UNESCO that the EIA's for these operations was poorly planned and approved without proper consideration.

We will be updating in the coming weeks on our plans in Gladstone. If you can make the trip, please do so and support us in supporting the Great Barrier Reef! More soon...

For more info, watch the most recent coverage of the dredging plans via the link below. And please add your name to the GetUp petition calling for an immediate halt of any plans to dredge the reef!

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2011/11/03/3355047.htm

http://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/coal-seam-gas/great-barrier-reef/save-the-reef