Australia's GSR - A Mission Blue Hopespot
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My name is Sarah. I'm a PhD student at
the University of Western Australia .
I've nominated the Great southern reef as a
Hope spot with the aim of increasing
awareness to the whole Australian
community and in the future to increase
its protection. So as scientists we
study these systems really in-depth and
we learn about them so much but we
have a hard time getting this
information across to the public to show
them just how amazing this reef system
is. The Great sound reef was a name we
came up with to give the ecosystem
proper identity that basically conveys
how amazing it is and how unique it is.
The Great southern reef extendsd over five
states and over eight thousand kilometres of
coastline along the entire southern half
of Australia. Species on the Great
southern reef have been geographically
isolated for tens of millions of years
which has led to a unique biodiversity
of thousands of species that are not
found anywhere else on earth. In all the
world the Great Southern reef in
Australia is an exceptional place of
diversity it reflects a deep and ancient
history that is special to the southern
coast of Australia. There's a lot of fish
life, there's a lot of really rare fish
as well , so chances are every time you go
for a dive you see something that
is so very unique and and it hasn't
been exploited. This is completely
pristine, it's so isolated. On the
south coast of Australia we're in a
bloody lucky place you know like we live
in a really prosperous society that has
the ability to look after an asset like
this on the south coast. Make sure
that it stays as good today as it has alwayas been.
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