Tauranga a reminder of Environmental Sensitivity
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 04:58AM 11 October, Tauranga, New Zealand.
One medium size contain ship + one small reef = "The Worst Environmental Disaster in New Zealand's History".
For a quick look at the amount of oil that has esaped, check out this nice graphical comparison from Greenpeace:
Rena-oil-spill/Oil-spill-volumes
It is obviously not so much the amount of oil that has excaped, about where it went.... some our most sceenic and treasured costal areas in Bay of Plenty and Corramandel. The estimated 2 million litres of oil has travelled far in rough conditions and a month the clean up is far from over. Much critisism has been handed to Maritime New Zealand at their slow speed to respond, missing clear weather and then being prevented from action by heavy seas. The victim of this slow response is the bird, costal and marine life, with thousands of aminals dead.
This is a clear call that we need environmental protection and capacity to deal the effects from environmental disasters like this. Resillience comes from planning, management and action. The only thing preventing this disaster from being a 500 year scar on our beautiful costal land now is the actions of DOC, Maritime New Zealand and the hundred of volunteers.
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Reader Comments (3)
If you look at the picture closely, it is a common sight to all of us. We just have to realize this, but I hope when that time comes, it is not over.
Different projects had already been made in relation to this. Most of those projects I had tried are run for a cause project and giving recycled things from home.
I love New Zealand because of its beautiful countryside and of course, the people who really try to protect these scenic treasures. I think it's time for the country's Maritime team to act effectively and quickly becauseif this continues, New Zealand's coastal treasures will eventually be destroyed.