Tonnes of garbage cleaned up from Galapagos coast
18 March 2018 - 08H57
© AFP/File | Officials at Ecuador's Galapagos National Park say they have collected 22
tonnes of garbage since January off the coasts of the pristine archipelago, some of it from as
far away as Asia
QUITO (AFP) -
Officials at Ecuador's Galapagos National Park say they have collected 22 tonnes of garbage since January off the coasts of the pristine archipelago, some of it from as far away as Asia.
The coastal garbage cleanup is aimed at studying "the possible arrival of invasive species in the waste swept in by the ocean currents," the Park said in a statement late Saturday.
The Galapagos, the Pacific archipelago of volcanic islands that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, are located about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) off the coast of Ecuador.
The bulk of the garbage reaches the island shores "from the coasts of Central and South America, and even from the Asian continent," the statement said.
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