Great Barrier Reef Heritage

UNESCO defines heritage as "Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass onto future generations"[ ]. According to the definition, The Great Barrier Reef is a seamless example of a heritage site that not only has past inheritance involved to it but also is a prototypical act of nature which warrants be protecting and preserving.
The Great Barrier Reef was listed as a World Heritage Site on 26 October1981, globally perceived by the World Heritage Committee for its extraordinary and magnificent beauty. Some of those attributes have been further explained.
• It is one of the world's biggest coral reef ecosystem, spreading over 14 degree latitude
• Globally recognised example of an ecosystem that has evolved

The reef structure is made out of and builds by billions of life forms, known as coral polyps. The ideal environment for coral is shallow warm water where there is an impressive measure of water development, a great deal of light and where salty water is present. There is an extensive variety of corals, some are evolved and live for hundreds of years, and others are rapidly declining. Dead corals are white in colour and the living ones radiate in green. Inside the reef there are about 2,500 various reefs of different sizes and shapes, and forms more than 900 islands, ranging from small sandy deposit massively huge vegetated structures of coral, to enormous mainland islands. All in all these scenes and seascapes give probably the most breath-taking oceanic landscape on the planet. The latitudinal and cross-rack contrast, added with special qualities through the insights of the water segment, consolidates a comprehensive astounding bunch of ecological gatherings, natural environment and different species. These various characteristics of species and organisms, and their inter dependency, makes the Great Barrier Reef one of the richest and most complex trademark organic frameworks on earth. There is no other World Heritage site that contains such varying biodiversity at a place. This contrasting quality, especially

At the time the reef was engraved it was recognised that to incorporate all the intentions and determinations, the whole Great Barrier Reef was the best way to guarantee the dependability of the coral reef ecology in all its varied qualities.
Strengths of the Great Barrier Reef-
• World Class: A well-known world icon, the Great Barrier Reef was bestowed as a World Heritage site in 1981. It is recognised as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World and the Queensland National Trust has designated it AUS icon and tourist attraction. It is the best sheltered, fore fended and the best existing reef system in the world with its own particular dedicated management society.
• Intricate: An amusing immersed home to more than 30 types of whales and dolphins, 1625 types of fish, 411 varieties of hard coral and more than 160 types of delicate coral (comprises of 10% of the world's delicate coral), upwards of 3,000 types of mollusc, 6 of the7 kinds of marine turtles found in the world and monster shellfishes that are more than 120 years of age. The Great Barrier Reef is equally home to probably the most endangered species of living organisms on the