NEWSTEAD, Queensland (CU)_Extensive climate change has spurred significant damage to the Great Barrier Reef, leading to a dramatic coral decline over the recent years. As the United Nations continues to threaten to put the natural wonder on a list of endangered sites, the new chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation David Thodey is looking to pursue a sustainable funding model for the coral reef system.
The former Telstra chief executive, together with deputy chairman mandarin Martin Parkinson, is seeking greater collaboration between…