Pingüinos enfrentan apocalipsis por derrame de petróleo en archipiélago Tristán da Cunha en Atlántico Sur
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Thousands of specimens of a specie of endangered penguins have been smeared with oil after a cargo ship ran aground on a remote British territory in the South Atlantic
Barco cargero siniestrado se dirigía de Santos, Brasil, a Singapur, y llevaba 60,000 toneladas métricas de semillas de soja y 1,500 toneladas métricas de combustible pesado, de acuerdo con el administrador de la Isla Nightingale, que forma parte del territorio británico del archipiélago de Tristán da Cunha a 2,414 kilómetros al oeste de Ciudad del Cabo, Sudáfrica.
La operación de rescate dio inicio después del 16 de marzo, cuando fue reportado que un buque con bandera maltesa había encallado, lo que fracturó el casco y partió el barco en dos.
Nightingale Island Oil Spill is a Double Whammy for Endangered Penguins, Will It Cause Their Extinction? Nightingale Island, part of the remote Tristan da Cunha group in the South Atlantic, was hit on March 16th, 2011 by the MV Oliva, a freighter carrying soybeans from Brazil to Singapore. Over 800 tons of fuel oil was spilled onto the island's shores, poisoning the local population of endangered northern rockhopper penguins. I arrived on the site on March 23, 2011. This is what I saw.
Conservation workers caring for oiled northern rockhopper penguins on March 27, 2011. www.earthweek.com/2011/ew110401/ew110401b.html
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Miles de pingüinos peligran por derrame de petróleo en el Atlántico Sur
02 de abril de 2011 - En un archipiélago situado entre África y Argentina, autoridades locales dieron inicio a una operación para rescatar a cientos de miles de pingüinos en peligro de extinción amenazados por un derrame de petróleo.
Un grupo de funcionarios de la isla y voluntarios residentes luchan por salvar decenas de miles de pingüinos de penacho amarillo del Norte amenazados por un derrame de petróleo al sur del Atlántico, a 2,414 kilómetros al oeste de Ciudad del Cabo, Sudáfrica.
El director de conservación de las islas dijo que por lo menos 300 pingüinos han muerto después de que un buque de carga filtrara miles de toneladas de crudo pesado, gasolina diesel y de soja, cerca de la Isla Nightingale, que forma parte del territorio británico del archipiélago de Tristán da Cunha.
“He visto entre 15 y 20 pingüinos muertos tan sólo hoy”, dijo el director Trevor Glass.
Miles están cubiertos de aceite y combustible diesel, indicaron autoridades locales y conservacionistas.
“El reto ahora es conseguir que el resto de los pingüinos no se manchen de petróleo”, dijo Glass.
La operación de rescate dio inicio después del 16 de marzo, cuando fue reportado que un buque con bandera maltesa había encallado, lo que fracturó el casco y partió el barco en dos.
El barco se dirigía de Santos, Brasil, a Singapur, y llevaba 60,000 toneladas métricas de semillas de soja y 1,500 toneladas métricas de combustible pesado, de acuerdo con el administrador de las islas y autoridades de Transporte Marítimo de Malta
La autoridades de Malta dijeron en un comunicado que “están investigando la base y la falla del casco completo”, de la nave de transporte de carga a granel.
El dramático rescate de los miembros de la tripulación del barco fue captado en video, asimismo, las consecuencias de los derrames, entre ellas, la imagen de los pingüinos cubiertos de petróleo.
Un equipo de expedición con un buque de ecoturismo –llamado SilverSea-, utilizó embarcaciones neumáticas para rescatar a los tripulantes, de acuerdo con David E. Guggenheim de una Fundación Marítima con sede en Washington. Guggenheim fue testigo del rescate a bordo del barco el Príncipe Alberto II.
Desde el accidente, una mancha de petróleo rodea al archipiélago, y autoridades lo consideran como un desastre ambiental.
Los equipos de rescate utilizan embarcaciones neumáticas y barcos de pesca para transportar a los pingüinos a centros de rehabilitación provisionales en la isla de Tristan da Cunha, de acuerdo con Glass.
En el lugar, añadió, los conservacionistas y voluntarios trabajan para limpiar y cuidar a los pingüinos.
El viernes, dijo Glass, su equipo había rescatado y transportado un total de 5,000 pingüinos, a pesar de los vientos fuertes y la alta marea que ha obstaculizado los intentos anteriores.
El pingüino de penacho amarillo del Norte está catalogado como “una de las especies en peligro de extinción”, según la RSPB (BirdLife en el Reino Unido).
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Derrame de petróleo amenaza a pingüinos en territorio británico
22-3-2011 - Miles de ejemplares de una especie de pingüinos en peligro de extinción han quedado embadurnados de petróleo después que un barco de carga encalló en un remoto territorio británico en el Atlántico Sur, dijeron el martes funcionarios y conservacionistas.
El naufragio también amenaza la pesca de langosta que permite ganarse la vida a una de las comunidades más aisladas del mundo.
El barco Olivia, con bandera de Malta, quedó encallado la semana pasada en la isla Nightingale, del archipiélago Tristan da Cunha. El buque viajaba de Brasil a Singapur con 1.650 toneladas de petróleo crudo y 66.000 toneladas de frijoles de soya.
Los 22 tripulantes fueron rescatados después que la embarcación se partió en dos.
El director de conservación de Tristan da Cunha, Trevor Glass, dijo que el petróleo rodeaba la isla Nightingale y calificó la situación de "un desastre". El administrador británico del territorio, Sean Burns, dijo que más de la mitad de los 500 pingüinos rescatados estaban cubiertos de petróloe. Un ambientalista en la isla dijo que unos 20.000 pingüinos podrían ser afectados.
En el territorio habitan unos 200.000 pingüinos, incluso casi la mitad de una especie catalogada en peligro por la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza y los Recursos Naturales.
Situada a mitad de camino entre Sudamérica y Africa —a más de 2.800 kilómetros (1.700 millas) de la tierra más cercana_, en Tristan da Cunha viven 275 personas que dependen de la pesca de langosta para ganarse la vida. El administrador de la isla dijo que cerró temporalmente a la pesca el área en torno de Nightingale y la cercana Isla Inaccesible.
Richard Cuthbert, biólogo investigador de la Real Sociedad Británica para la Protección de las Aves, dijo que la situación era "potencialmente desastrosa para la vida silvestre y la economía pesquera de estas islas remotas". Agregó que además de la amenaza a los pingüinos y la vida marina, existía el riesgo de que ratas del barco llegaran a tierra y comieran los huevos de las aves nativas.
"Nightingale es una de dos islas grandes en el archipiélago de Tristan de Cunha libres de roedores", agregó. "Si entran las ratas, su impacto sería devastador".
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LONDON -- Thousands of endangered penguins have been coated with oil after a cargo ship ran aground and broke up on a remote British South Atlantic territory, officials and conservationists said Tuesday.
The shipwreck also threatens the lobster fishery that provides a livelihood to one of the world's most isolated communities.
The Malta-registered MS Olivia was grounded on Nightingale Island in the Tristan da Cunha chain last week. The ship had been traveling from Brazil to Singapore and contained 1,500 tonnes (1,650 tons) of crude oil and a cargo of 60,000 tonnes (66,000 tons) of soya beans.
The ship's 22 crew members were rescued before it broke in two.
Tristan da Cunha's conservation officer, Trevor Glass, said oil was encircling Nightingale Island and called the situation "a disaster." Island administrators said some 20,000 penguins had been coated in oil.
The territory is home to some 200,000 penguins, including almost half the world's total of northern rockhopper penguins. The bird is classed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
Located midway between Africa and South America – more than 2,800 kilometers (1,700 miles) from the nearest land – Tristan da Cunha is home to 275 people who rely on rock lobster fishing for their livelihood. The island administrator said he had temporarily closed the area around Nightingale and nearby Inaccessible Island to fishing.
Richard Cuthbert, a research biologist with Britain's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said the wreck was "potentially disastrous for wildlife and the fishery-based economy of these remote islands."
He said that alongside the threat to penguins and sea life, there was a risk rats from the ship could come ashore and eat the chicks and eggs of native seabirds.
"Nightingale is one of two large islands in the Tristan da Cunha group that are rodent-free," Cuthbert said. "If rats gain a foothold, their impact would be devastating.
A salvage tug from South Africa carrying a seabird specialist arrived in Tristan da Cunha on Monday and was assessing the environmental damage.
Officials said they hoped to bring another vessel carrying a penguin-cleaning team from Cape Town to the islands.
The British government said it was very concerned about the situation, but said it was too early to know what the economic and environmental damage to the islands would be.
In the early morning of March 16, 2011 the 225 meter bulk carrier MS Oliva runs aground at Nightingale Island, regarded as the second most important bird island in the world and very remotely located at 1500 miles from Cape Town.
On March 17 the expedition team of the 'Prince Albert II' rescues the remaining crew just a few hours before the ship breaks apart the following night. Oil spill is now threatening the rare Northern Rockhopper penguins and the numerous sea birds as well as the crayfishery based economy of the small Tristan community. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY03gERUULQ&feature=related
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Oil Spill In Atlantic Ocean Puts Endangered Penguins And Islanders At High Risk
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Tristan da Cunha is known as “the most remote inhabited island in the world.” Situated in the South Atlantic Ocean, its nearest land neighbor — South Africa — is 1,750 miles away. South America comes in second at a whopping 2,088 miles away.
It is home to roughly 270 residents and the territory is shared with some 200,000 penguins that reside on the nearby Nightingale Island, which is part of the Tristan da Cunha chain.
This chain is also home to almost half of the world’s total number of northern rockhopper penguins.
The harmony these islanders have enjoyed for years has been suddenly disrupted by the outside world. A cargo ship was grounded last week on Nightingale Island as it was traveling from Brazil to Singapore. The vessel was carrying 1,650 tons of crude oil when it ran aground and broke up on the remote island.
According to reports:
Thousands of endangered penguins have been coated with oil after a cargo ship ran aground and broke up on a remote British South Atlantic territory, officials and conservationists said Tuesday. The shipwreck also threatens the lobster fishery that provides a livelihood to one of the world’s most isolated communities.The Malta-registered MS Olivia was grounded on Nightingale Island in the Tristan da Cunha chain last week. The ship had been traveling from Brazil to Singapore and contained 1,500 tonnes (1,650 tons) of crude oil and a cargo of 60,000 tonnes (66,000 tons) of soya beans.
Tristan da Cunha’s conservation officer, Trevor Glass, said oil was encircling Nightingale Island and called the situation “a disaster.“ Island administrators said some 20,000 penguins had been coated in oil.
The island administrator said he had temporarily closed the area around Nightingale and nearby Inaccessible Island to fishing.
I feel sorry for these people and the penguins. One would think living in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that you would be safe. But, evidently, no one is safe from the environmental destruction of man.
Richard Cuthbert, a research biologist with Britain’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said the wreck was “potentially disastrous for wildlife and the fishery-based economy of these remote islands.“He said that alongside the threat to penguins and sea life, there was a risk rats from the ship could come ashore and eat the chicks and eggs of native seabirds.
“Nightingale is one of two large islands in the Tristan da Cunha group that are rodent-free,” Cuthbert said. “If rats gain a foothold, their impact would be devastating.
Officials said they hoped to bring another vessel carrying a penguin-cleaning team from Cape Town to the islands. The British government said it was very concerned about the situation, but said it was too early to know what the economic and environmental damage to the islands would be.
Let’s hope that the British Government does not just shrug this off and say everything is ok, like some other governments do when there is an environmental disaster.
Read More: Huffpost Green
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