Ecuador rejects U.S.
experimental project in
Galapagos
Ecuador said on Friday
it rejects a U.S.
experimental project to
eliminate carbon dioxide
from Galapagos Island's
ocean waters.
The U.S. Planktos Inc.
company, which is
headquartered in
California, proposed the
experimental project to
disseminate 80 tons of
iron particles 350 miles
(560 km) west of
Galapagos Islands'
coasts, Ecuador's
Foreign Ministry said in
a communique on Friday.
The project seeks to
eliminate carbon dioxide
in ocean waters near
Ecuador's Galapagos
Islands located some
1,000 km from the
continent and sell it in
the global carbon-credit
market, included in the
Kyoto Protocol.
Planktos Inc.'s proposal
has alarmed the
international scientific
community and
non-governmental
organizations due to the
negative impacts this
experiment may cause in
the food chain, the
communique added.
Ecuador's Foreign
Ministry said it would
begin to take actions
before international
organizations to fight
against this project due
to its adverse
consequences on the
ocean's ecosystem.
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