Question: Recently a UNESCO committee recommended which of the following to be listed, ‘In danger World Heritage sites’?
a) Great Barrier Reef
b) Red Fort Complex, New Delhi.
c) Great Wall of China
d) None of these
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:-
- On 22 June 2021; a UN committee recommended that the Great Barrier Reef should be added to a list of “in danger” World Heritage Sites.
- Due to the impact of climate change world’s biggest coral reef system is fast undergoing deterioration.
- Although UN committees’ recommendation in regard of coal reef has prompted an angry response from Australia.
- Australia said it had been blindsided by the move and blamed political interference.
- UNESCO committee said the world’s biggest coral reef system should be added to the list due to the impact of climate change.
- Australia has for years been battling to keep the Great Barrier Reef, a major tourist attraction that supports thousands of jobs, off the “in danger” list.
- In 2015, UNESCO noted the outlook for the reef was poor but kept the site’s status unchanged.
- Since then, scientists say it has suffered three major coral bleaching events due to severe marine heatwaves.