Mauritius Oil Spill: Ship Breaks Up And Residual Fuel Spreads Into Ocean.

A state of environmental emergency has been reported in Mauritius. On July 25th Japanese tanker crashed just off the African island and has since leaked an estimated 1000 tons of oil into the Indian ocean. The vessel was carrying 4000 tons of fuel when the hole cracked on a coral reef.

Now there are fears that it could split into much of oil gushing from the boat has already washed ashore onto the pristine Mauritian beaches. Inundating the mangrove forests and smothering wildlife.

What about the long-term impacts of this coastal nation?  

Community indirectly is going to be affected fish is going to be affected people won't be able to use the sea as they usually use it before. 

John is a communications manager at the Mauritius wildlife foundation. They have been working to restore the island's coastal forest since 1985. Their efforts have been instrumental in conserving endangered species in Mauritius. They are reintroducing quite a lot of endemic species like the Olive White-Eye the Pink Pigeon and the Mauritius Fody.

All those species are presently threatened by the oil spill. In particular, the danger is illazograt an important conservation area just 2 kilometres away from the crash site. The fumes may affect the birds and all the animals which are on the island, and the work they have been the last 35 years could be shed of like that.

Since the start of this catastrophe, the organization has rushed to remove rare plants and endangered birds and reptiles from the area. Oil has already reached ecological hot spots to the north and the team worries that it will damage protected wetlands 3 kilometres away.

Something they need to think about thousands of volunteers from across the island is rushing down to reduce the damage caused by the tanker. The whole island has been taken by shock with this spillage. People for all sectors, all these people now are getting organized to do that. 

The civil community has taken over the state in this endeavour, to try and mitigate the spillage. Despite the initial push by volunteers conservationists are concerned about the long-term future of the cleanup operation.