This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
HIBAPRESS-RABAT
In Peru, the public oil company “Petroperu” reported this week the presence of an oil spill on a beach located 10 kilometers from its refinery in the Talara region (1100 km north of Lima) not far from the border with Ecuador and an “immediate action plan” was approved by the Peruvian government and whose execution was entrusted to public entities, in coordination with local authorities.
For the occasion, the Peruvian government declared a “state of environmental emergency” for a period of 90 days on the northern coasts of the country, which were affected, on December 20, by an oil spill.
The Ministry of the Environment, which formalized this measure through a decree, explains that the objective is to carry out recovery and sanitation work on the affected beaches in order to mitigate environmental contamination and protect health. of the local population.
