“My view is Australia is a filthy, filthy, filthy rich country … if we can’t make a small sacrifice, I don’t see why people in Bulgaria, Brazil, or Columbia – people who enjoy a far lower standard of living than we do – should do it,” he said. Related: This election, what hope is there for the Great Barrier Reef? Governments must decide which parts of the Great Barrier Reef they most want to save and confront the prospect that some of it may be doomed, an expert on conservation modelling has warned. University of Queensland professor Hugh Possingham said agencies, including the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, needed to make tough decisions about which parts of the natural wonder are most worth preserving “rather than trying to save everything”. Possingham said the challenge of choosing some reef parts over others was that conservation was not guaranteed “given the randomness in coral bleaching and cyclones” and which parts of the reef they affected.

Source: The Guardian July 08, 2016 22:07 UTC