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Australian Environment Minister Greg Hunt has caved to the mining industry and approved Indian mining giant Adani’s monstrous Carmichael Mine, threatnening the Great Barrier Reef.The coal mine will be the biggest in Australia. It will pollute our climate with massive CO2 emissions for decades. It will mean massive and continual dredging and dumping in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and will fill the Reef with thousands of coal ships every year.
The good news is that while Adani may have the approval, it still needs to find up to $10 billion before it can proceeed. This means the battle to protect the Reef from Adani is down to who can persuade investors, us or them.
Adani will try and convince investors to lend it $10 billion to wreck the Reef. We’ll try and convince them Adani is a company with no public support who cannot be trusted. Game on.
 The Reef: A Passionate History: The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Changeby: Iain McCalman publisher: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, published: 2014-05-20 ASIN: 0374248192 EAN: 9780374248192 sales rank: 35183 price: $13.50 (new), $10.96 (used)Stretching 1,400 miles along the Australian coast and visible from space, the Great Barrier Reef is home to three thousand individual reefs, more than nine hundred islands, and thousands of marine species, and has alternately been viewed as a deadly maze, an economic bounty, a scientific frontier, and a precarious World Heritage site. Now the historian and explorer Iain McCalman takes us on a new adventure into the reef to reveal how our shifting perceptions of the natural world have shaped this extraordinary seascape. Showcasing the lives of twenty individuals spanning more than two centuries, The Reef highlights our profound desire to conquer, understand, embrace, and ultimately save the world’s most complex ocean ecosystem. Opening with the story of Captain James Cook, who sailed unknowingly into the southwest entrance of this vast network of coral outcroppings, McCalman shows how Cook spent months navigating this treacherous underwater labyrinth, struggling to keep his crew alive and his ship afloat, sparring with deceptive shoals and wary native islanders. Through a series of dramatic tales from intrepid explorers, unwitting castaways, inquisitive naturalists, enchanted artists, and impassioned environmentalists who have collectively shaped our ideas about the Great Barrier Reef, McCalman demonstrates how this grand natural wonder of the world was built as much by human imagination as by the industrious, beautiful creatures of the sea.A romantic, historically significant book and a deeply personal journey into the heart of a marine environment in peril, The Reef powerfully captures the delicate relationship between humanity and the natural world. |
 Great Barrier Reef [Blu-ray]publisher: BBC Home EntertainmentASIN: B00B5ACNQI EAN: 0883929315772 sales rank: 137128 price: $10.12 (new), $9.44 (used)Stretching a full 2000 kilometers in length and made up of 3000 individual reef systems and hundreds of islands, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is breathtakingly beautiful. Selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981, it is one of the wonders of the natural world. These programs offer a definitive guide to the secrets of the reef — how it was created, how it works, the intricate relationships between its inhabitants and how climate change and other factors might shape its future. Using the latest specialist filming and visual techniques, the series captures the magic of the reef as it has never been seen before. |
 12 Great Barrier Reef Animals! Kids Book About Marine Life: Fun Animal Facts Picture Book for Kids with Native Wildlife Photos (Kid’s Aussie Flora and Fauna Series 6)by: Leanne Annett published: 2013-08-04 ASIN: B00ECGUN2I“12 Great Barrier Reef Animals! Kids Book About Marine Life: Fun Animal Facts Picture Book for Kids with Native Wildlife Photos” is a fun book for kids and is the sixth in the “Kid’s Aussie Flora and Fauna Series”Children’s author Leanne Annett presents this educational book with gorgeous color photographs of Australian creatures that live on the Great Barrier Reef off the Queensland coast and interesting facts in written text on 12 beautiful yet diverse Aussie marine animals. If your child likes animals and nature then they are sure to be stimulated and enjoy learning all about these creatures from the blacktip reef sharks to the colorful sea slugs and the giant 100 year old clams. This Kindle book is exclusive to the Amazon store. It can be easily downloaded and your child can begin reading and learning within a short time. Note: This Aussie Flora and Fauna Series book has been designed for children aged approximately 7 years and older, who can read the book for themselves. Alternatively, parents can read the book to their kids (of all ages) and enjoy a fulfilling time of child and parent bonding. It was a great pleasure to write this book (and the others that are in the pipeline). I hope that you and your children enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Some of the Australian animals covered in this book include: 1. Australian Clown Fish Why not take advantage of the limited time low price as this Kindle book launches and grab a copy for your child today. I am sure your child will enjoy the colorful pictures and the interesting information on Aussie animals. Please let me know your thoughts on the book by leaving a review after you read it. Thanks so much and enjoy reading and expanding your knowledge of Australian flora and fauna. |
 The Great Barrier Reef: A Journey Through the World’s Greatest Natural Wonderby: Len Zell publisher: Murdoch Books, published: 2014-05-01 ASIN: 1743361793 EAN: 9781743361795 sales rank: 1127614 price: $16.70 (new), $14.45 (used)
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 Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef: Travel Guideby: Lonely Planet publisher: Lonely Planet, published: 2011-07-01 ASIN: 1741794633 EAN: 9781741794632 sales rank: 596622 price: $17.66 (new), $7.98 (used)Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisherLonely Planet Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Delve into the vivid undersea kingdom at the Great Barrier Reef, experience the ancient Daintree Rainforest, or wander through the open-air markets in Brisbane; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef Travel Guide:
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 Travel Wild The Great Barrier Reef
ASIN: B00BPQMDLC sales rank: 156389 price: $1.99 (new)
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