[Coral-List] Australian plan to spend Au$1 billion on Great Barrier Reef

[Douglas Fenner]

another new item on this story:

Australia pledges $700 million to protect Great Barrier Reef amid climate
change threat

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/australia-pledges-700-million-to-protect-great-barrier-reef-amid-climate-change-threat/ar-AATdWC2?rt=0&ocid=Win10NewsApp&referrerID=InAppShare

Cheers, Doug

On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 6:07 PM Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Australia's A$1bn reef plan draws mixed response
>
>
> https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/australia-s-a-1bn-reef-plan-draws-mixed-response/ar-AATdKRu
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> Cheers, Doug
>
> --
> Douglas Fenner
> Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
> NOAA Fisheries Service
> Pacific Islands Regional Office
> Honolulu
> and:
> Coral Reef Consulting
> PO Box 997390
> Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA
>
> Over 1 million sq km more land cleared for crops
>
> https://www.science.org/content/article/cropland-has-gobbled-over-1-million-square-kilometers-earth-s-surface
>
> Peat bogs hold TWICE as much carbon as the world's forests!!!
> https://www.yahoo.com/news/environmentalists-fight-protect-peat-bogs-233902101.html
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> Slashing emissions by 2050 isn't enough.  We can bring temperatures down
> now.
>
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/climate-deadlines-super-pollutants-hfcs-methane/2021/04/15/acb8c612-9d7d-11eb-b7a8-014b14aeb9e4_story.html
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