This marine area of 10 million square kilometers includes more than 600 marine protected areas (MPAs), with oil and gas blocks over 16% of their surface, mostly in the exploration phase, Earth Insight warns.
According to Florencia Librizzi, program director of the gathering, “the expansion of fossil fuels in the Coral Triangle is dangerous” and “threatens one of the most biodiverse marine ecosystems in the world.” “
“Protecting this vital natural network from the use of fossil fuels is the only way to ensure a livable future for the region,” she believes.
The findings of the report, “Imperiled Coral Triangle: Threats and Impacts of Fossil Fuels,” compiled from satellite imagery and regional data analysis, warn “against the expansion of fossil fuel use which increases tanker traffic, and thus the risk of oil spills. with disastrous consequences for local populations and marine life.”
The “Coral Triangle”, “one of the most biodiverse marine regions in the world” spans seven countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, the Philippines, East Timor and the Islands Solomon.
Its western part is already one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
The report recommends a “moratorium on oil, gas, mining and other industrial activities in environmentally sensitive areas within the Coral Triangle” and suggests designating it as a “particularly sensitive marine area, which ‘ requires special protection because of its ecological environment, socio-economic and cultural importance and its vulnerability to damage and effects from marine activities.
2024-10-27 09:05:00
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