Brazil: Oil and uncertainty
| Autor: | Ramalho, Cristiano W. N., Barbosa, Ormezita, Apel, Marcelo, Gasalla, Maria A. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | icsf@icsf.net International Collective in Support of Fishworkers |
| Popis: | Oil spill disasters in the ocean often devastate marine and coastal ecosystems, profoundly affecting fisheries resources and fishing communities. Urgent and early-warning actions are needed to avoid a tragedy in biomes and communities when such accidents occur. In late-July 2019, Brazilian fishers alerted the first oil slick reaching the coast of Paraíba, weeks before the recognition of the biggest-ever oil spill disaster ever recorded in Brazil, extending across the entire North-eastern coast of the country. Their early voices were not properly heeded but those signals escalated into a gigantic spread of petroleum slicks. Almost 1,000 different localities were affected, including beaches, mangroves, rivers and “protected” areas. All the nine states of the region, encompassing a 2,300-km long shoreline, switched on a red light. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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