According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, The World Heritage listed site off Australia's northeastern coast has lost more than half its coral in the past three decades.

The union said in a report that coral bleaching in 2016 2017 and this year has further damaged its health and affected it's animal, bird and marine population, leading the union to move the reefs status to critical and deteriorating on its watch list.

Scott Heron is from the Australian Research Council Center for Excellence in Coral Reef Studies.

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I'm referring to individuals.

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Efforts to safeguard the reef are rising.

However.

HSBC and the Queensland government said in October that they would by what's called Reef credits, a tradable unit similar to carbon offsetting.

The program pays landholders for improved water quality.