NSW DEC Sites2See

Threats to water quality on the Great Barrier Reef

Read about the oil spill1 in 2011 and the risk of further spills from increased traffic in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Watch a Landline program about sediment and chemicals2 flowing into the Reef and a Four Corners program on the impact of dredging, mining and shipping3 on fish.

Consider the impact of urban catchment runoff4.

Explore threats to the health of the Reef from Queensland shipping routes5.

Oil spilling from a large ship into the water of the Great Barrier Reef.

rows of suger cane with an area of ground separating areas of growth

Links

  1. http://www.theage.com.au/environment/barrier-reef-oil-spill-20100404-rl65.html
  2. http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2010/s2956969.htm
  3. http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2011/11/03/3355047.htm
  4. http://www.stanford.edu/group/microdocs/reefresort.html
  5. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/illegal-shipping-routes-to-be-targeted-20100412-s12l.html
  6. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_barrier_oil_spill_march_2010.JPG
  7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License
  8. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1153611-3-sugar-cane-fields.jpg
  9. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en