July 11, 2006
Oil Spill in Jacqueville (Cote D’Ivoire)
Below is an atricle from N2A(Network Africa Asia), a NGO working on development in Cote d'Ivoire.
The article is about a serious environmental and social problem occurring in Cote d'Ivoire for recent few months.
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OIL SPILL IN JACQUEVILLE (COTE D’IVOIRE)
Below are news about oil spill that occured in Jacqueville a city located about 60 km from Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire.
On March 28, 2006, more than 5000 cubic meters of crude oil spilled along the coast of the Cote d'Ivoire's Department of Jacqueville. Contamination has spread to the Vridi Canal and Bietry Bay beside the port of
Abidjan.
Village chiefs and other leading citizens held a meeting in Jacqueville, in the Cote d'Ivoire's Department of Jacqueville, on 11 April to discuss the detrimental effects of a coastal oil spill upon the local economy. In addition to demanding better oversight of fuel pipelines, they resolved to ask the national government for a general cleanup of the pollution in coastal waters and compensation. The Association of Traditional Chiefs and the Jacqueville General Council pointed out that the population at large didn't share in oil revenues and that fishermen's incomes suffered from the resulting contamination.
From Grand-Lahou to Bassam, fish have vanished from the coastal waters of the Cote d'Ivoire's Department of Jacqueville since an oil spill in late March. According to Secretary-General and other officials of the national shipowners' association, catches have decreased by 80% and at least 2000 people in the fishing industry have nothing to do. The Cote d'Ivoire Marine Fisheries Syndicate asked the government to compensate shipowners and fishermen.
The Government is making efforts but there is no concrete action in the field to ameliorate the situation. Because one of our objective is to improve life environment, we (Network Africa Asia) are planning to meet the traditional Chiefs and the Jacqueville General Council to better understand the crisis.
Thank you for any advice, assistance.
The article is about a serious environmental and social problem occurring in Cote d'Ivoire for recent few months.
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OIL SPILL IN JACQUEVILLE (COTE D’IVOIRE)
Below are news about oil spill that occured in Jacqueville a city located about 60 km from Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire.
On March 28, 2006, more than 5000 cubic meters of crude oil spilled along the coast of the Cote d'Ivoire's Department of Jacqueville. Contamination has spread to the Vridi Canal and Bietry Bay beside the port of
Abidjan.
Village chiefs and other leading citizens held a meeting in Jacqueville, in the Cote d'Ivoire's Department of Jacqueville, on 11 April to discuss the detrimental effects of a coastal oil spill upon the local economy. In addition to demanding better oversight of fuel pipelines, they resolved to ask the national government for a general cleanup of the pollution in coastal waters and compensation. The Association of Traditional Chiefs and the Jacqueville General Council pointed out that the population at large didn't share in oil revenues and that fishermen's incomes suffered from the resulting contamination.
From Grand-Lahou to Bassam, fish have vanished from the coastal waters of the Cote d'Ivoire's Department of Jacqueville since an oil spill in late March. According to Secretary-General and other officials of the national shipowners' association, catches have decreased by 80% and at least 2000 people in the fishing industry have nothing to do. The Cote d'Ivoire Marine Fisheries Syndicate asked the government to compensate shipowners and fishermen.
The Government is making efforts but there is no concrete action in the field to ameliorate the situation. Because one of our objective is to improve life environment, we (Network Africa Asia) are planning to meet the traditional Chiefs and the Jacqueville General Council to better understand the crisis.
Thank you for any advice, assistance.
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