The Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem and it is well known around the world. There are 2900 separate coral reefs and they extend over 14 degrees of longitudinal range. Being that this is such a huge amount of coral reefs and, because coral reefs are so important to our ecosystem, there are many people who watch over and protect the coral reefs. The Great Barrier Reef Ministerial has the responsibility of making sure that the coral reefs remain unharmed due to tourism, and other environmental harms. The Australian and Queensland governments are also very involved in keeping The Great Barrier Reef and the park safe and unharmed. The two governments have an agreement to work together to keep the Great Barrier Reef safe because they know how important these coral reefs are to our ecosystem.