Dr Selina Ward answering questions from press at a Greenpeace press conference outside the building where the UNESCO Monitoring Mission is taking place.

Dr Selina Ward is a marine biologist who specialises in coral reproduction and recruitment. She has been working at The University of Queensland since 2000 and is Academic Director of Heron Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef.

The UNESCO reactive monitoring mission is currently in Queensland to survey the health of the Reef and their observations will influence the decision around whether the Great Barrier Reef will be added to the list of World Heritage Sites “in danger” when the Committee meets in June.