The Verde Island Passage is regarded as the centre of global shore-fish biodiversity and is estimated to support some two million people in terms of food and livelihoods. It is a fisheries hub, burgeoning e-tourism site and critical shipping pathway. New Earth Insight maps show the extent of fossil fuel threats to this delicate ecosystem.
Analysis by Earth Insight, which maps “threats to people, nature and climate”, shows that more than half of the reef ecosystems in the Coral Triangle area are under oil and gas production or exploration blocks. More than 300 such blocks have been mapped in the area.
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