It's good news that bleaching is down and coverage is up, but that's generally going to be the case after a mass bleaching event if the whole reef hasn't died.

One however has to assume UNESCO didn't attempt to list it as endangered for kicks. The very recent recovery is great, but we should still be concerned with the reefs long-term health.

You're talking about a country where even the weathermen have been infiltrated. [1]

They've also been fighting tooth and nail against any scrutiny trying to pass law to make it basically meaningless to even attempt investigation without prior proof of guilt [2].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5qOoIexcps

[2] https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/05/propo...

Contention is that Gov and Agency have less than stellar credentials and the Org has board members that don't, on the face of it, seem aligned with saving the reef (because their interest in BigOil)

My question as well.

I read it a bit like "well SHE was seen in a bar last Saturday so her account of the car accident is scarcely believable".