It’s pretty simple. We just need to stop a couple of things and bam – and you have it forever. Meet Gillian. At just seven years old, she knows how valuable our Great Barrier Reef is – biologically and intrinsically.

It’s home to over 9000 species, one of the most biodiverse places on earth, and the largest natural structure on our blue planet – so big it’s viewable from space. But, despite surviving 10,000 years already, today our Great Barrier Reef is in serious trouble due to climate change. Our Reef could vanish – in our children’s lifetimes.

Gillian Completely unscripted, this young ocean lover shares her passion for this World Heritage wonder – a magical menagerie of fish, corals, colors, turtles and sea creatures. But, as Gillian’s face shows, this amazing ecosystem is under threat from the warming of our planet, mainly due to the burning of coal. And it may even disappear before she grows up and gets the chance to take her own children there. Time is critical for our Great Barrier Reef. We have to act now.This is why the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) is taking voices like Gillian’s and over 50,000 Australians speaking out for our Reef to the 41st UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting in Poland this week.

Our aim: to ask for help in ensuring the Australian government takes firm climate action and stops the Adani coal mine – so Gillian, and much more like here can still be inspired by our Reef for decades to come. Read more at Marine Conservation’s website…

“Meet Gillian. At just seven years old, she knows how valuable our Great Barrier Reef is – biologically and intrinsically.”