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UNESCO supports the Reef

4/6/2012

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MINCA members will surely have heard or read by now the essence of the report released by UNESCO on the state of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.

Below is the entire draft decision which has been put to the World Heritage Committee by the visiting mission and which will be discussed at the Committee’s meeting on 24 June in St. Petersburg. For the background to the draft decision click here.

The report and recommendations are strong and clear – unless Australia lifts its game by early next year, the Committee may list the entire property as ‘In Danger’. The report confirms what environmentalists have been saying for years.

Stay tuned for more! But in the meantime, it would be great if you could find the time to contact the local media as well as our local Federal member (Ewen Jones: ewen.jones.mp@aph.gov.au) and State member (John Hathaway: townsville@parliament.qld.gov.au) to show your support for the UNESCO report. For more information go to Magnetic Times.


Draft Decision: 36 COM 7B.8 

The World Heritage Committee, 

1. Having examined Document  
2. Recalling Decision 35 COM 7B.10, adopted at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011), 

3. Welcomes the initial positive results of the Reef Plan and associated measures to address major long-term impacts on the property from poor water quality, and requests the State Party, in collaboration with its partners, to maintain, and increase where necessary financial investment and sustain the positive trend beyond 2013; 

4. Takes note of the findings of the joint World Heritage Centre/IUCN reactive monitoring mission to the property undertaken in March 2012, and also requests the State Party to address the mission recommendations in its future protection and management of the property; 

5. Notes with great concern the potentially significant impact on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value resulting from the unprecedented scale of coastal development currently being proposed within and affecting the property, and further requests the State Party to not permit any new port development or associated infrastructure outside of the existing and long-established major port areas within or adjoining the property, and to ensure that development is not permitted if it would impact individually or cumulatively on the Outstanding Universal Value of the property; 

6. Requests furthermore the State Party to complete the Strategic Assessment and resulting long-term plan for the sustainable development of the property for consideration by the World Heritage Committee at its 39th session in 2015, and to ensure that the assessment and long-term plan are completed against a number of defined criteria for success, fully address direct, indirect and cumulative impacts on the reef and lead to concrete measures to ensure the overall conservation of the Outstanding Universal Value of the property; 

7. Urges the State Party to establish the Outstanding Universal Value of the property as a clearly defined and central element within the protection and management system for the property, and to include an explicit assessment of Outstanding Universal Value within future Great Barrier Reef Outlook Reports; 

8. Recommends the State Party, in collaboration with its partners, to sustain and increase its efforts and available resources to conserve the property, and to develop and adopt clearly defined and scientifically justified targets for improving its state of conservation and enhancing its resilience, and ensure that plans, policies and development proposals affecting the property demonstrate a positive contribution to the achievement of those targets, and an overall net benefit to the protection of Outstanding Universal Value; 

9. Requests moreover the State Party to undertake an independent review of the management arrangements for Gladstone Harbour, that will result in the optimization of port development and operation in Gladstone Harbour and on Curtis Island, consistent with the highest internationally recognized standards for best practice commensurate with iconic World Heritage status; 

10. Finally requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre, by 1 February 2013, an updated report on the state of conservation of the property, including on the implementation of actions outlined above and in the mission report, for consideration by the World Heritage Committee at its 37th session in 2013, with a view to consider, in the absence of substantial progress, the possible inscription of the property on the List of World Heritage in Danger; 

11. Decides to also consider a further report from the State Party on the state of conservation of the property, the findings of the second Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report, and the anticipated outcomes of the completed Strategic Environmental Assessment and related long term plan for sustainable development at is 39th session in 2015. 


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Wulgurukaba turtle art unveiling at Geoffrey Bay

4/6/2012

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“Wulgurukaba elder Arthur Johnson 

with turtle art for Geoffrey Bay” 
Photograph by Vandhana
Wulgurukaba Aboriginal Corporation and Geoffrey Bay Coastcare
invite you to the unveiling of Wulgurukaba Turtle Art on Geoffrey Bay foreshore, Arcadia, Magnetic Island on Saturday 9th June at 2pm.

This new public artwork for Magnetic Island has been created by Wulgurukaba elder Arthur Johnson of Nelly Bay.

“The artwork is about linking turtle sustainability and care with protection of the sand dune environment in which turtles lay their eggs” said Michael Johnson, Wulgurukaba. We are raising awareness about the importance of sand dunes and coastal ecosystems and letting people know that vehicles on dunes can damage the nesting environment.”

Community volunteer group Geoffrey Bay Coastcare secured funding for the artwork by Traditional Owners through the Australian Government Caring For Our Country program.

“A flatback turtle nest hatched at Geoffrey Bay in 2009” said Coastcare member Tony O’Malley. “Rainbow bee-eaters also burrow in the dunes, red-tailed black cockatoos feed on she-oak seeds, and coral and seagrass fringe the bay, so it’s a natural paradise we want to look after, and Arthur Johnson’s painting promotes that.”

For further information, please contact:

WULGURUKABA ABORIGINAL CORPORATION 

Michael Johnson, ph 4758 1071 or 0427 172 335,
wulgurukaba@bigpond.com

or

GEOFFREY BAY COASTCARE 

Tony O’Malley, ph 0437 728 190, 
anthonyomswim@hotmail.com
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      • Where Have All the Fish Gone?
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