国际性环保组织绿色和平组织11月1日表示,由于该组织的旗舰“彩虹勇士2号”撞毁了菲律宾南部一个世界自然遗产保护地内的一块珊瑚礁,因此他们将会支付约7000美元的赔偿金。
据路透社11月1日报道,绿色和平组织在其与菲律宾图巴塔哈国家海洋公园联合发表的一份声明中表示,这起发生于10月31日的意外事故“令人深感遗憾”,但该组织同时也将引发事故的部分原因归咎于其当时所使用的航海图。在事发时,此图显示该船与那座珊瑚礁尚有1.5英里(2.4公里)的距离。该海洋公园所在地区已被联合国有关机构认定为世界自然遗产。据公园官员的估计,被毁的珊瑚礁的面积为96平方米,其价值则为38.4万菲律宾比索(1美元约合54比索)。“如果航海图十分精确的话,那这起事故就是完全可以避免的。”绿色和平组织东南亚地区的负责人莱德·康斯坦丁诺在那份声明中表示。“当然,我们还是感到应对此事负责,这笔款项将于11月2日划转给有关方面。”
按照绿色和平组织方面的说法,尽管出现了短暂搁浅的现象,但该船并未受到严重损伤。“彩虹勇士2号”目前正在对澳大利亚、中国、菲律宾以及泰国进行为期4个月的巡游,其目的在于提高当地人们对于全球气候变暖的警觉性并推动可再生能源的使用,而对菲律宾苏禄海域的珊瑚礁的探访也是其中的一个组成部分。
Greenpeace said on Tuesday it will pay nearly $7,000 in damages after the environmental group's flagship, the Rainbow Warrior II, hit a coral reef at a world heritage site in the southern Philippines.
The accident on Monday was "very regrettable", Greenpeace said in a joint statement with the Tubbataha National Marine Park, but it laid some of the blame on maritime charts showing its ship was 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the reef.
Officials from the marine park assessed the area of damaged reef at 96 square metres (113 square yards) and valued it at 384,000 pesos.
"This accident could have been avoided if the chart was accurate," Red Constantino of Greenpeace Southeast Asia said in the statement. "We feel responsible, however, and this amount will be transferred on Wednesday."
The visit to the reefs in the Sulu Sea was part of a four-month tour by the Rainbow Warrior II to Australia, China, the Philippines and Thailand to raise awareness about global warming and promote renewable energy.
The ship suffered no serious damage while briefly running aground, Greenpeace said.
The area of the maritime park is designated as a world heritage site by the United Nations.
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