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Showing posts with label islands. Show all posts
4/15/23
9/17/21
GREAT BARRIER REEF ORG - RESTORING CLIMATE CHANGE ARKS TO PROVIDE SAFE HOMES FOR WILDLIFE ; SEA TURTLE NESTING
BARRIER REEF ORG Likened to climate change arks, Reef Islands provide a safe home for wild life such as sea turtles and sea birds to rest, feed, shelter, and breed. Some islands are being brought back to life... The Great Barrier Reef Org is working on three islands at this time...
EXCERPT: A manta with a bright fuchsia pink belly visits Lady Elliot Island every year. Nicknamed Inspector Clouseau of Pink Panther fame, as far as the researchers know, he is the only one of his kind in the world, seen only at Lady Elliot Island.
9/10/21
GREAT BARRIER REEF WORLD HERITAGE SITE - UNESCO
WORLD HERITAGE UNESCO GREAT BARRIER REEF
EXCERPT: With the GBR there are some 2.500 individual reefs of varying sizes and shapes, and over 900 islands, ranging from small sandy cays and larger vegetated cays, to large rugged continental islands rising, in one instance, over 1,1000 meters above sea level. Collectively these landscapes and seascapes provide some of the most spectacular maritime scenery in the world. ... There are over 1,500 species of fish, about 400 species of coral. 4,000 species of mollusk, and some 240 species of birds, plus a great diversity of sponges, anemones, marine worms, crustaceans, and other species.
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