The Great Barrier Reef is worth A$56bn ($42bn) and is critical to supporting economic activity in Australia, according to a new report.
一份最新报告称，大堡礁价值560亿澳元（420亿美元），这对支持澳大利亚的经济活动是至关重要的。
Deloitte Access Economics calculated the figure on the reef's total "economic, social and icon value".
德勤经济研究所估算出了大堡礁的“经济、社会与品牌价值”的总和。
It found the reef contributes A$6.4bn to Australia's economy and supports 64,000 jobs.
该研究所发现，大堡礁为澳大利亚创造了64亿澳元的经济价值，提供了6.4万个岗位。
The report said more should be done to protect the reef, which has been hit by recent mass coral bleaching events.
该报告指出应采取更多的措施保护大堡礁。由于近年来大规模的珊瑚白化事件，它已被严重破坏。
The study was commissioned by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, a charity dedicated to protecting the World Heritage-listed icon.
这项研究是受大堡礁基金会的委托进行的，该基金会一直致力于保护这一被列入世界遗产名录的标志性景点。

"This report sends a clear message that the Great Barrier Reef - as an ecosystem, as an economic driver, as a global treasure - is too big to fail," said foundation director Steve Sargent.
基金会理事史蒂夫·萨金特表示：“这份报告清楚的显示，大堡礁作为一个生态系统、一项经济动力或是一个世界宝藏，它都大得不能倒。”
"As the largest living structure on earth and one of the world's most complex and diverse natural ecosystems, the Great Barrier Reef is justifiably considered priceless and irreplaceable."
“作为地球上最大的生态结构体，以及全球最复杂和多样化的自然生态系统之一，大堡礁绝对是不可代替的‘无价之宝'。”
Using economic modelling, the authors calculated the reef is worth A$29bn to tourism and A$3.2bn to recreational visitors such as divers.
利用经济模型，作者计算出大堡礁的旅游价值为290亿澳元，而游客(如潜水员)的价值为32亿澳元。
It is also worth A$23.8bn in "indirect" or brand value - meaning Australians who have not visited the reef but value knowing it exists.
它的“间接”或者说品牌价值--即预计未曾到访的澳洲民众将会带来的经济贡献，亦高达238亿澳元。
The data was based on a six-month study of scientific and economic sources, and a new survey of more than 1,500 people from 11 countries.
这些数据是基于长达6个月的科学和经济信息的研究，并对来自11个国家的1500多人进行的调查。