thephotosocietyのインスタグラム(thephotosociety) - 6月17日 07時51分

Photo by @jasperdoest while #onassignment for @wnfnederland in #Galapagos // Plastic waste in the mangroves in Puerto Ayora, Galapagos.
Mangroves, which are renowned for their ability to grow in near-permanent or permanent bodies of water and/or extremely high levels of salt. Galapagos mangroves are particularly remarkable due to their age. These trees grow from volcanic floor with limited nutrients and therefore grow very slowly; any developed mangrove habitat in the islands is most likely thousands of years old.

When cleaning up these mangroves in Puerto Ayora, while I was #onassignment in #Galapagos for #wwf, 80 volunteers mobilized by local fisherman Alberto Andrade found 228 plastic bottles and 245 plastic bottle caps within these waters, threatening the local ecosystem.

Solutions to the problem of plastics in our oceans are being pursued all around the world. Scientists and researchers are working to devise methods to help remove the plastics currently overwhelming the oceans. Perhaps even more important than removing the plastics already in the ocean though is the need to stop plastics from getting into the water in the first place. Solutions to that problem are not as simple on a grand scale in the way the Ocean Cleanup project works, however, it is an issue that each one of us can help to address by simply reducing.

Follow me @jasperdoest as I will be posting more recent work from Galapagos in the coming weeks.

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