Coral SeaThe Solution: The World's Largest Park
Gallery viewing tips: Move your cursor over the image to read photo captions. If you would like to manually move through the gallery, use either the plus or minus symbols, or select an individual image by clicking on the numbers at the bottom of the gallery. This gallery requires that the Flash 9 Player be installed in your browser. In 2007, Global Ocean Legacy, a project of the Pew Environment Group, identified the Coral Sea as one of a handful of places on Earth where a large, no-take oceanic park could be created and effectively managed. If successful, a Coral Sea Heritage Park would be the largest park of its kind anywhere in the world, on land or sea. It would provide a safe haven for the area’s majestic wildlife -- whales, manta rays, oceanic sharks and other large predatory fish – and its beautiful reefs, islets and sandy cays. It would honour those who fought and died in the Battle of the Coral Sea. It would protect the shipwrecks and lighthouses that distinguish our civilian maritime history. Please join us in calling for a Coral Sea Heritage Park that can be protected now and for future generations. Resources An Australian Coral Sea Heritage Park (PDF) - Comprehensive background on the Coral Sea submission. Map of Proposed Australian Coral Sea Heritage Park (PDF)
| Latest NewsOcean parks 'vital to protect species' - The Age - 8 June 2010 World's Marine Scientists Call for Large-Scale "National Parks at Sea" - Pew Environment Group - 8 June 2010 Conservation Groups Welcome Australian Senate's Support for Coral Sea Conservation Zone - Portect Our Coral Sea Coalition - 17 November 2009 New Australian campaign launched to protect the Coral Sea
Rising tide of action to protect marine areas - The Age - 20 May 2009 Conservation groups welcome Government's 'first big step' to protect the Coral Sea - Coalition of Conservation Groups - 19 May 2009 Coral Sea gets new conservation zone - Sydney Morning Herald - 19 May 2009 Australia Moves to Protect the Coral Sea - Voice of America - 19 May 2009 ResourcesVideo: Battle of the Coral Sea - Lest We Forget One Page Coral Sea Fact Sheet (PDF) An Australian Coral Sea Heritage Park (PDF) - Comprehensive background on the Coral Sea submission. Map of Proposed Australian Coral Sea Heritage Park, Pew Environment Group - September 2009 (PDF) Coral Sea Conservation Zone Map, Department of Environment, Heritage and the Arts - May 2009 (PDF) Learn more about Pew's work in Australia on the Wild Australia Web site |
Global Ocean Legacy
- 22 September 2009