This would have negative impacts on the economy. If we break our promise we open the door to at risk listing and would send the wrong message to potential tourism visitors. Our commitment to UNESCO to prevent new dredging in ports like Cairns was crucial in preventing recent ‘at risk’ listing for the reef. The case for priority port status does not add up, Cairns is not and never should be a large bulk commodity port. This would allow unlimited capital dredging for port expansion in the future and risks turning Cairns into an industrial mega-port like Gladstone. The same vested interests are now calling for Cairns to be made into a priority industrial port. Offshore dumping of dredge spoil in the GBR Marine Park 2014 – expanding the Cairns channel would significantly increase the amount of maintenance dredging and dumping required annually. © Josh Coates/CAFNEC/WWF
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