Australia's government has lashed out after a United Nations report claimed it had not done enough to protect the Great Barrier Reef from climate change.
UN body Unesco said the reef should be put on a list of World Heritage Sites that are "in danger" due to the damage it has suffered. Key targets on improving water quality had not been met, it said.
The latest row is part of an ongoing dispute between Unesco and Australia over the status of the iconic site.
The reef, stretching for 2,300km (1,400 miles) off Australia's north-east coast, gained World Heritage ranking in 1981 for its "enormous scientific and intrinsic importance".
After Unesco first debated its "in danger" status in 2017, Canberra committed more than A$3 billion (£1.bn; $2.2bn) to improving the reef's health.
However, several bleaching events on the reef in the past five years have caused widespread loss of coral.
Great Barrier Reef suffers another mass bleaching Racing to save one of the great wonders of nature Scientists say the main reason is rising sea temperatures as a result of global warming caused by the burning of fossil fuels.
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