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crisis. ah, i british manager, welcome to did up the news asia. glad you could join us. authorities in the philippines have located a tanker that's been leaking oil into the c continuously since it sank around for weeks back. the search is on now to find ways to plug the leaks. the princess empress sank in waters off the island of min door or south of the capital. in manila, it was getting 800000 liters of oil, which is now being released into the sea. the slick continues to spread across vast areas and is affecting remote communities, including the town of paula estimates. however, put the total number of people in the philippines impacted at more than 870000, some 5000 hectares of coral reefs,

seaweed and mangroves have also been affected. the oil spill has touched every one. and every thing that calls this place home spreading for miles along men door a while and in the philippines, causing untold damage to life. here, above and below the water. it's been almost a month since the slick hit the beach and its toxic black remains still cling to the rocks. local fishermen doing all they can to clean it up as more while she's a sure it's dangerous work. but every day they spend hours trying, having seen their incomes disappeared in the wake of the disaster. they walk away and but the entire livelihood of people here stopped when they band shingle. it

almost because the source of income of all the people here comes from fish on the the board of the banana trees were damaged by the storm of wood. so there's no fruits. the coconut trees will only be ready in 2 months. so what people need here, lencioni therapy, and then, and this is where all the oil is coming from. the mt princess empress was carrying around 800000 liters of the stuff when it capsized at the end of february and eventually sank, creating slicks that have spread for more than 60 miles. and it's still leaking. polluting walt is famed for having some of the most diverse marine life in the world. the owner of the tiger has said any one affected by this spill could seek compensation. and that financial help can't come quickly enough. the fisherman,

like roma undress. no oh, no forcing a little girl. when the tanker sank on february 28th 20 the smart total. 4 days before the oil reached our area, farming gabby brought the lego. the damage of the oil spill has been so bad. i like to us fisherman, milan marinez that i will, and of course we don't have any other jobs to try because this is all we know. but i also can't apply for construction work because all i know is just to mix the cement regarding the mental he loanable marine experts have said it will take at least 6 months to clean up. the mess left quite a slick but the impacts on those whose lives and livelihoods depend on these shores . could last for generations. and gentlemen, are for more is greenpeace philippines campaign or jefferson true or jefferson?

how would you assess the progress of clean up operations so far? are we being able to control the extent of this bill? it's been very slow by the government in terms of one slugging the aisle, which they haven't done. and the extent of the oil spill. ready chess spread to a lot of good me. these are in the us specifically 123, our brand guys affecting 173000 individuals. i'm since day one of the aisles of the spill. so we haven't seen any good progress even after a month i entered the spill. now the record, the oil tanker has been located in about 400 meters of water and it is still leaking oil on a daily basis. does the coast guard and the government need to rethink the strategy? certainly, and one would also think that the need to case of the strategy, we have been getting conflicting reports on the pipes of r,

o v stuff come in the country. what are their capabilities? so far it has only been 4 scanning there haven't been any, are these, we're plugging the leaks. so we, we do expect the spilled to continue and almost 50 percent us already spilled out from. ready sunken tankers. ready so time is of the essence here in controlling this bill. you said time is of the essence. is this something that the government is not understanding or is the government just incompetent in dealing with this? oh certainly that the government is not understanding the extent and speed of this oil spill. and another thing that is missing in the conversation is the actual owners of the the charter ship, which has been strangely silent in this disaster. and one would think about having their help in, in being for operations, especially in terms of clean up and in terms of are you happy they should have been

dealt with immediately. so yes, there are a lot of problems with the government in terms of the base of the oil spill efforts being undertaken, but more should be done in making these polluters accountable for their actions, which of course repairable damage in the area owners of the ship have committed to providing finances to effected communities because fishing communities can go out and finish the government is also providing some money. but is it enough? certainly, it's not enough. the computation only covers day to day subsistence. and it doesn't really look into the more long term effects of. ready now we know that access the ecosystem services will be adversely affected, which will impact the, the fishing activities in the area and the, the compensations that. ready will be needed to cover for this are bigger,

it's expected that it will exceed around 1100000000 passes. and it is also expected that the insurance company won't be able to cover all of these damages. that's just the economic aspect of it. but what about the areas themselves? i mean, the spin covered areas of 15 bio diversity. can these areas that don't recover from the damage? in fact, the area is called the simply of sensor from range or fish by there over 60 percent of the world's making sure fish are actually found in the air. ready so we are still waiting for evaluation studies from the environmental industry here, although that could also be sped up in order for proper plans to be put in place right through the see whether how long these sensitive areas will recover and especially very critical. so just man groups and carl's which

are also already being affected right now. so there's still a lot of missing answers in this industry. the response of the, of the government to really quick and the pace on this. i'd like to talk about the people in the affected areas a bit more because they're reporting health issues like respiratory problems, nausea for instance. do you think the number of people affected is only going to increase in the coming days and weeks? we are seeing reports of more areas, a spotting oil spills and given the estimates of the remaining oil in the sunken factor, we should only expect that the lowest. ready will spread more and more areas in being during a lot of other communities in the process right now. they're already almost $200.00

reported cases of, of nausea or vomiting. i even a fever from inhaling the noxious fumes and this is expected to raise very low leave it there for the time being. but thank you so much for joining us from manila, jefferson. sure from greenpeace, for to be in. thanks so much, sir. thank you very much. ah or in just the last 4 months more than 1700000 people in thailand have needed hospital treatment for respiratory conditions caused by air pollution. the data from the health ministry throws a spotlight on the country's struggle with smog. the problem is most acute in thailand's north where agricultural burning after the harvest creates hazardous levels of smog every year. earlier this week, the air quality in some northern tie cities was measured as being amongst the worlds worst. and in the last few days,

a huge forest fire in the area has also been adding to all this trouble. an entire mountain seemed to blaze. people here say it was sparked by lightning. whatever the cause, hundreds of hector's of undeveloped mountain forest have been consumed. ha, fire fighting vehicles were dispatched to battle the flames and have since been joined by helicopters. they say they have effective equipments, nicholson lambda. we have many high pressure water pumps on them as well as a long distance water supply system that can be connected for 1000 to 2000 meters to go up and help spray water on the forest fire. but the mountains are too steep to safely climb. so beyond letting the blaze when its course, the firefighters here have limited options and not apart from the wind direction,

i also have to look after the lives and safety of those conducting the operation. now, after reviewing the situation, since it's on a mountain top, we had to retreat to stand by and convene over what we can do to morrow. authorities fear strong winds in the area may cause the fire to spread towards a huge conservation area. the cow yeah, i forest complex, a unesco natural world heritage site. some wildlife would likely be affected by you know, i, my, there should be very few wild animals. it's a steep area. the only worry is for turtles, turtles can escape the fire in time. yellow turtles. and this isn't the only blaze in the area. other forest fires have been burning farther north, as seasonal temperatures rise. it's a perennial problem that contributes to dangerously high levels of pollution

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