Mauritius Oil Spill an Environmental Emergency

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This image captured on 11 August 2020 by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 Mission shows the MV Wakashio visible at the bottom of the picture close to Pointe d’Esny. The oil slick is the thin black line surrounded by the blue of the Indian Ocean. Oil is visible near the boat as well as at other locations around the lagoon. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel Data processed by European Satellite Agency.

Salvors are hoping they will get all the oil off the stricken bulk carrier, MV Wakashio, before it breaks up. But this ecological disaster has wider implications for Mauritius as the oil spill causes damage to Ramsar sites and the island’s tourism industry.

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