Saving the great barrier reef through innovative partnerships
(World News Science)

Australia`s leading research organisations will unite to design ways to build resilience and repair the global icon, the Great Barrier Reef, following today`s Federal Government announcement of $60 million for measures aimed at protecting the Great Barrier Reef. This package of measures, unveiled at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), includes a $6 million concept feasibility phase led by AIMS with CSIRO and other partners, including the Great Barrier Marine Park Authority, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, James Cook University, The University of Queensland and the Queensland University of Technology to develop a new substantive Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program. The...