SugarCane
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The Impacts of the Sugar Cane Industry on the Great Barrier Reef
Sugar Cane in Australia
- Sugar is one of the most important Australian crops, with a gross production value exceeding $1 billion per year.[1] The nation is the world's second largest exporter of raw sugar.[2]
- Sugar cane was brought on the first British voyage to establish an Australian colony in 1788, but the first successful sugar cane plantation was not established until 1862.[3]
- 95% of Australia's sugar production occurs in Queensland, the state bordering the Great Barrier Reef.[2]
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Mitigation Strategies
References
- ↑ About Australian crop industries. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.agriculture.gov.au/ag-farm-food/crops/about-crops
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sugar. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.agriculture.gov.au/ag-farm-food/crops/sugar
- ↑ The History of the Sugar Industry. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.sugarmuseum.com.au/the-history-of-the-sugar-industry/