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Unesco: Great Barrier Reef should be listed as 'in danger'

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image captionThe Great Barrier Reef has held World Heritage status since 1981

The Great Barrier Reef should be put on a list of World Heritage Sites that are "in danger" due to damage caused by climate change, Unesco says.

The UN's cultural body says the world's biggest coral reef system should be downgraded to the list at a meeting next month.

It has urged Australia to take "accelerated action" on global warming.

But the Australian government said it would "strongly oppose" the recommendation.