Expert panel calls for urgent rethink on Great Barrier Reef management amid ‘unremitting’ climate crisis

Group chaired by former chief scientist Ian Chubb writes to Tanya Plibersek, saying business as usual' on the reef is not an option

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Leading national experts on the Great Barrier Reef have called for an urgent reassessment of the way the world's biggest reef system is managed, saying current approaches are too inflexible in the face of unremitting global warming."

An established independent expert panel, chaired by the former chief scientist Ian Chubb, wrote to the environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, saying business as usual" is no longer an option.

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