Thursday, March 8

Fears for health of Great Barrier Reef : Video



Industrial development at Gladstone Harbour, on the fringes of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, is poisoning the sea, according to local fishermen.

Fishermen claim much of their catch is diseased, making it impossible to sell. Instead, all that is being caught now are samples to send for scientific analysis.

UNESCO, the United Nations body that includes Gladstone Harbour and Curtis Island in its Great Barrier Reef "world heritage area", is also worried. They have sent a delegation to Australia to see if their "extreme concern" is justified.

Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas reports from Gladstone, Australia.

Editor's Note:   A must watch video to see how the Queensland and Federal Labor Governments are covering up the destruction of the Heritage Listed Barrier Reef and surrounds.  It is interesting to note that it was the people's voices that brought out UNESCO .... not a "concered" Government.

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