Question : Where is the Great Barrier Reef located ?
a) on the north-east coast of Australia
b) Western Australia
c) north of Kalbarri to Jurien Bay
d) none of these
Ans : a
Related Facts :
- The Great Barrier Reef has suffered three mass bleaching events during heatwaves in 2016, 2017 and 2020, leaving many affected corals struggling to survive.
- Australia unveiled a billion-dollar package to protect the climate-ravaged Great Barrier Reef on Friday, hoping to prevent the vast network of corals from being removed from UNESCO’s World Heritage list.
- Conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the Aus$1 billion (US$700 million) nine-year plan, months after narrowly avoiding the reef being placed on UNESCO’s “in danger” list.
- When the UN previously threatened to downgrade the reef’s World Heritage listing in 2015, Australia created a “Reef 2050” plan and poured billions of dollars into protection.
- About a quarter of the funds will be channelled to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority “to reduce threats from Crown of Thorns Starfish”, which eat coral.
- About Great Barrier Reef :
- One of Australia’s most remarkable natural gifts, the Great Barrier Reef is blessed with the breathtaking beauty of the world’s largest coral reef.
- The reef contains an abundance of marine life and comprises of over 3000 individual reef systems and coral cays and literally hundreds of picturesque tropical islands with some of the worlds most beautiful sun-soaked, golden beaches
- The Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven wonders of the natural world.
- It is larger than the Great Wall of China and the only living thing on earth visible from space.
- Great Barrier Reef has over 100 islands, from unique and exotic islands to the Whitsundays and the remarkable Northern Islands.
By Pawan Mishra
Links :
https://greatbarrierreef.org/
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/australia-announces-billion-dollar-package-to-protect-great-barrier-reef-2734816