$500 million for the Great Barrier Reef is welcome, but we need a sea change in tactics too
- Written by Jon Brodie, Professorial Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
The new funding is focused on measures that are already in the foreground.Robert Linsdell/Flickr, CC BY
The federal government’s announcement of more than A$500 million in funding for the Great Barrier Reef is good news. It appears to show a significant commitment to the reef’s preservation – something that has been lacking in...