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Australia unveils reef protection plan
The Australian government has announced a A$60m (£34m; $48m) plan to help improve the health of the Great Barrier Reef. The reef suffered mass coral bleaching events in 2016 and 2017, which scientists said were a result of warmer ocean temperatures. It has also endured damage from crown-of-thorns starfish and cyclones. The new money, to be spent in four ways, will particularly target starfish and soil erosion.
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