, and as a member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature [IUCN] has aligned and committed to divestment in fossil fuels and a just energy transition to renewable energies and lower carbon emissions.
“While some attention, albeit inadequate, has been paid to whales and dolphins, an ecosystems approach to the protection of our marine resources has not been properly adopted. For example, zooplankton is critical to both the health and the productivity of our marine ecosystems.
This in turn, she wrote, has an effect on ocean productivity, decreasing food supplies for many marine animals. Seismic surveys can also result in disorientation of deep-diving toothed whales, causing them to swim up to the surface very fast. A study on critically endangered African penguins breeding on Bird Island and St Croix Island in Algoa Bay showed that seismic surveys less than 100km away caused the penguins to divert from their primary foraging areas. “Some seismic surveys have occurred 25km away from Bird Island, which is worrisome as this could severely affect their foraging ability and reproduction in the future, especially during the breeding season when the adults stay closer to the islands to care for their chicks.
Hloniphizwe Mtolo is talking rubbish when he says Shell has done all it can to mitigate any damage. Shell only just recently bought the company that obtained approval in 2013. Much has changed since then.
Boycott Shell and disinvest.
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