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The NSW government will spend A$5.8 million buying back fishing licences and compensating some 40 fishermen, some of whom have seen generations of their families haul harbour fish and prawns to sell to seafood restaurants which dot the shoreline.

A short introduction to the Great Barrier Reef and its importance. Links to the Living Planet Report 2014, a video (6:09 minutes) on the challenges to the reef posed by industry, agriculture and tourism. The video ends with how better farming choices help.

The Great Barrier Reef Outlook Report 2009 is a stock-take of the Great Barrier Reef, its management and its future.

The Great Barrier Reef is now under pressure - from fishing, from farming, from coastal development, from land-based pollution and simply from overuse.

About the oil spill in 2015 and actions taken to clean it up.

UNESCO has been expressing concern over the erosion of the Great Barrier Reef, and considering whether to list it as "in danger". This could foil plans for huge coal mines to be opened up in Queensland in 2017, and the expansion of the coal port on the Queensland coast. This could also impact on tourism. As you read the article, consider what the different stakeholders could or should do. Also links to The Great Barrier Reef: An Obituary, which gives a historical overview of human impact on the reef. 

Actions taken by the Australian Marine Conservation Society, together with WWF Australia, to fight against industrial development which threatens the Great Barrier Reef.

Queensland government website on sustainable farming, with links to reef regulations and reef protection initiatives. Also click on the other links to learn about reef water quality.

A short article on some threats faced by the Great Barrier Reef, including four problems posed by human activities.