Australia's Great Barrier Reef could be put on a list of endangered World Heritage Sites if more is not done to protect it.
The United Nation's cultural agency, Unesco, has called on the country to submit a report on its actions by February 1, 2015, or face the possibility of the reef being put on the "in danger" list.
The reef, one of the most biodiverse places on the planet that sprawls across an area roughly the size of Japan, is considered to be in poor health.
It is under growing pressure, not just from climate change and the destructive coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish, but agricultural runoff and rampant coastal development linked to mining.
There have been protests about saving the barrier reef In documents presented at Unesco's World Heritage Committee gathering in Doha, the body warned of the "serious decline in the condition" of the reef and said "a business as usual approach to managing the property is not an option".
Unesco has raised particular concern about the approval in December of a large coal port expansion in the region and allowing the dumping of millions of tonnes of dredge waste within the marine park waters.
Delegates are meeting for 10 days in Doha to consider the inscription of 40 sites on the World Heritage List, but also to issue warnings over already-listed locations that may be in danger.
Among the sites expected to win the coveted status are Qhapaq Nan - a huge network of roads spanning six countries once used by the Inca Empire - and the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in France, which contains some of the earliest known cave paintings.
Potosi in Bolivia, one of the highest cities in the world, is also on the endangered list due to "uncontrolled mining".
The so-called "mountain that eats men" holds one of the world's greatest silver deposits, but is at risk of collapse after five centuries of rampant mining that has killed an estimated eight million workers.
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