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Read about the efforts of the Greenpeace International campaign seeking to establish global ocean sanctuaries.

Bron Parrott

November 9, 2022

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Green Guardians: Caroline McDaid Testimony

Caroline shares her experience as a Green Guardian. Caroline and her family.| This year we’re putting the spotlight on Caroline McDaid. Caroline started supporting Greenpeace through donations once she landed her first job while at university. In due time, Caroline decided to become a Green Guardian, much like yourself! And now she’s working as a…

Bron Parrott

November 9, 2022

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Safeguard our oceans Global Ocean Treaty

Our fight for safe, healthy oceans continues #IGC5

The fate of our oceans is being decided this month at the United Nations. Countries are meeting to finalise a new Global Ocean Treaty. A strong Treaty will make it possible to create vast ocean sanctuaries on the high seas. This is a vital step on the road to 30×30, 30% of the oceans protected…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

August 25, 2022

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UN mission can’t become a tourism campaign as Great Barrier Reef hit by fourth mass coral bleaching in six years

SYDNEY, March 25 2022 – The UN monitoring mission in Australia to assess the health of the Reef must be taken to see the fourth mass coral bleaching event in six years confirmed today by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. [1]Last week GBRMPA reported “severe” and “widespread” bleaching…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

March 25, 2022

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Climate change causes severe and widespread coral bleaching event on Great Barrier Reef in La Niña year

SYDNEY, March 18 2022 – The Great Barrier Reef suffering severe and widespread coral bleaching with higher temperatures during a La Niña year when average ocean temperatures are cooler, is clear evidence of the Morrison Government’s failure to protect the Reef from the impacts of climate change, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. Earlier today the Great Barrier…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

March 18, 2022

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Morrison’s UNESCO Reef Report “the height of hypocrisy”: Greenpeace

SYDNEY, Feb 3 2022 – Australia’s update to the World Heritage Committee on its efforts to protect the Great Barrier Reef is the height of hypocrisy, Greenpeace said, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison asking the global community to fight harder against climate change while refusing to accelerate climate action and supporting the expansion of the…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

February 3, 2022

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Morrison Government missing in action as Reef outlook goes from bad to catastrophic

SYDNEY, Feb 2 2022 – A new study warning that almost all coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef, will suffer regular heat stress even if global heating is capped at 1.5 degrees Celsius provides further proof of the urgent need for the Morrison Government to rapidly reduce emissions by replacing fossil fuels with renewable…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

February 1, 2022

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Morrison Government will do almost anything to protect the Reef, except address climate change

SYDNEY, Jan 28 2022 – The Morrison Government’s pledge to spend an additional $1 billion over a decade on Great Barrier Reef conservation projects shows that it is willing to do almost anything to protect the Reef, except reduce the fossil fuel emissions that cause climate change, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said.Today Prime Minister Scott Morrison…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

January 27, 2022

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The Fight Against WA Gas

Woodside are attempting to prioritise profits over our planet, with their Scarborough gas mining project. Greenpeace Asia Pacific are supporting the Conservation Council of Western Australia’s fight against the most climate-polluting project ever proposed in Australia. Greenpeace approaches the Soviet Soviet factory ship Dalniy Vostok and a harpoon ship. Bob Hunter stands at the bow…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

December 16, 2021

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Morrison government ‘pressured independent agency to rush key report on Great Barrier Reef and leaked findings’

SYDNEY, Sept 2 2021 – When the World Heritage Committee recommended the Great Barrier Reef be declared “in danger” due to climate change, the Morrison Government did nothing to safeguard the ecosystem and instead pressured an independent agency to rush a key scientific report and leak selected findings to help its lobbying efforts, documents obtained…

Greenpeace Australia Pacific

September 1, 2021

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