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Galapagos environmental emergency
Summary
16 May 2014
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The government in Ecuador has declared an emergency in the Galapagos islands. A ship carrying petrol which got stuck on the rocks last week may still carry a threat to the island group's plants and animals.
Reporter:
Mattia Cabitza
Report
The petrol tanker1 became stranded2 off the island of San Cristobal on Friday. But despite having emptied the ship's cargo3, the authorities fear that some remaining pollutants4, like motor oil, could spill over and cause environmental damage.
They said they're working to remove the vessel5. This is not the first ship accident in the Galapagos. In 2001, another stranded petrol tanker spilled fuel and decimated marine6 life.
The Galapagos are home to unique animals such as the giant tortoise, the marine iguana7 and the flightless cormorant8. The archipelago is also known for its endemic finches, which were studied in the 1830s by the British scientist Charles Darwin. He went on to publish On the Origin of Species, his revolutionary book on evolution.
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