Article: Global Environment Facility provides $11 million grant to protect Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System.

Article: The race to stem the reef's grief: as one of the seven natural ...
Geographical;  February 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... off northern Queensland, the Great Barrier Reef must seem like it's in great shape ... the 345,000-square kilometre Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, 95 per cent of the park ... by the tourism industry and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), is ...

Article: Beginning an Australian adventure at the Great Barrier ...
Redlands Daily Facts;  May 17, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... out to Michaelmas Cay in the Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef system in the world. The Great Barrier Reef is over 133,000 square miles and ... the Sydney Opera House, the Great Barrier Reef is the most visited tourist attraction ...

Article: Patterns of growth, mortality, and size of the tropical ...
Fishery Bulletin;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... shelf) of the central Great Barrier Reef (three reefs per distance ... environments. The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is the largest reef system and represents a near ... distances across the Great Barrier Reef (Williams, 1982, 1983 ...

Encyclopedia entry: Great Barrier Reef
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea;      478 words ...Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest reef system, situated off Queensland, Australia, and one of the ... fleckeri), a box jellyfish . Like all reefs, the Great Barrier Reef is under pressure from environmental issues . Nutrient ...

Article: AUSTRALIA-ENVIRONMENT: SHOWDOWN ON THE GREAT BARRIER ...
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  November 11, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... thus alarmed that the Great Barrier Reef Marine Authority is sanctioning ... manage the reef. The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest reef system stretching for 2,300 kilometers ... operative word of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Authority. The Great ...

Article: Qld: Great Barrier Reef a gold mine, says study
AAP General News (Australia);  October 22, 2003 ;     451 words ... ... 22-2003 Qld: Great Barrier Reef a gold mine, says study ... Oct 22 AAP - The Great Barrier Reef is the most valuable coral reef system on earth, generating up ... protect them. The Great Barrier Reef was one of the most popular ...

Article: Mapping tropical cyclone disturbance of the Great Barrier ...
The Globe;  February 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... periodically cross the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). The large waves ... Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR) forms the largest coral reef system in the world, including ... enjoyment of the Great Barrier Reef in perpetuity", the Great ...