<div>David Suzuki: Australia's 'sickening' threat to marine reserves undermines global protection</div>

Conservationist and 1,461 other scientists release statement describing Australia’s oceans as a ‘global asset’ that must be protectedGrowing global momentum to protect the world’s oceans from overfishing could be undermined by Australia, warns renowned conservationist David Suzuki and more than 1,461 other scientists.Australia is currently considering the world’s biggest downgrading of a protected area with a reduction in the size of its network of marine reserves. Related: Tourists doubting value of trip to Great Barrier Reef, dive operator tells inquiry It is absolutely disgusting that coal is still considered a great economic input to Australia Related: Trump just passed on the best deal the planet has ever seen | David Suzuki Related: David Attenborough on the scourge of the oceans: 'I remember being told plastic doesn't decay, it's wonderful' Continue reading...