Oil Spill in the Bangladesh Sundarbans

A bird in the Sela river in the mangrove forest of Sundarbans, Bangladesh, a UNESCO World Heritage site where an oil-tanker named Southern Star VII, carrying 350,000 litres of furnace oil was sunk in the river after it had been hit by a cargo vessel. The event is very threatening to the region's flora and fauna.

Unique identifier: GP0STORRY

Type: Image

Shoot date: 13/12/2014

Locations: Asia, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Sundarbans

Credit line: © Syed Zakir Hossain / Greenpeace

Size: 4896px × 3264px 1MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Oil Spill in the Bangladesh Sundarbans

On 9 December 2014 an oil spill occurred at the Sela river of Sundarbans, Bangladesh, a UNESCO World Heritage site, when an oil-tanker named Southern Star VII, carrying 350,000 litres of furnace oil was sunk in the river after it had been hit by a cargo vessel. By December 17, the oil spread over 350 km2 area. The slick spread to a second river and a network of canals in the Sundarbans and blackened the shoreline. The event was very threatening to trees, plankton, vast populations of small fishes and dolphins. The event occurred at a protected Sundarbans mangrove area, home to rare Irrawaddy and Ganges dolphins.

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