Australia tried to influence other countries and Unesco to keep Great Barrier Reef off in-danger list
Australia tried to influence other countries and Unesco to keep Great Barrier Reef off in-danger list
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Exclusive: Documents seen by Guardian Australia show a sustained strategy approved by environment minister Tanya Plibersek.
The Australian government carried out an international lobbying campaign to keep the Great Barrier Reef off a list of world heritage sites in danger, including dispatching politicians and officials to Unesco’s Paris headquarters and asking diplomats to gather intelligence on countries that could influence the decision.
The campaign is revealed in documents released to the Greens after a parliamentary request and show how Australia sought to influence Unesco and members of the 21-country world heritage committee in the lead up to a crunch meeting in July last year.
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