article_snippet: the Great Barrier Reef is at risk of becoming severely damaged due to the dumping of dredge waste in the World Heritage-listed waters, a report commissioned by conservation group WWF said last month.
article_snippet: In January, the Australian government ordered a ban on dumping dredge spoil in the marine park as part of a push to stop the United Nations declaring the site in danger.
article_snippet: Conservationists say dumping waste in reef waters damages reef by smothering corals and sea grasses and exposing corals and sea grasses to poisons and high levels of nutrients.
article_snippet: a report commissioned by conservation group WWF said port expansions within reef waters, which a report commissioned by conservation group WWF noted could see 1.8 billion cubic feet of the ocean floor dug up, would have 'devastating impacts' on the natural wonder.
article_snippet: a report commissioned by conservation group WWF said there was no need for coal port expansions along Queensland state's coast -where
article_snippet: These coal port expansions could increase the total coal port capacity of the region from 267 to 637 million tonnes per year', a report commissioned by conservation group WWF added.