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Forest & Bird (BirdLife in New Zealand) have said urgent action is needed to avoid an environmental disaster and to minimise seabird deaths as a result of the oil spill off the Bay of Plenty coast.

Forest & Bird Seabird Advocate Karen Baird said many seabird species are particularly vulnerable now because they are breeding and she questioned the initial response to the oil spill.

Full Text: http://www.birdlife.org/communit ... ter-in-new-zealand/

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新西蘭漏油事故

貨櫃船雷納號(Rena)在10月5日，不幸在新西蘭北島距離莫提提島(Motiti Island) 7公里的Tauranga觸礁，約1700噸燃油往海裡擴散，造成大面積污染。更令人擔心的是附近的野生動物，例如鯨魚、雀鳥及海豹等的安危︰新西蘭的環 境大臣Nick Smith形容，這可能是該國10年來最嚴重的海洋污染事件。

http://www.greenpeace.org/hk/mul ... ena-oil-spill-2011/

歷史在不斷重複自己，去年美國墨西哥灣漏油事件及中國大連灣的輸油管爆炸引發石油洩漏，如今在新西蘭又出現漏油事故。據報已新西蘭已發現海鳥屍體，而海面極多被油污重重包裹著的海鳥等待救援。

http://www.greenpeace.org/hk/new ... and-rena-oil-spill/

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More Bad News:

Tragic impact on wildlife from New Zealand oil disaster

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A map of the affected area and its relation to seabird breeding sites：

http://www.birdlife.org/communit ... ty-seabirds-map.pdf