Easter Island hosts Pacific leaders to sign Declaration against plastic pollution | Video

Easter Island, Apr 5 (EFE).- Representatives from more than 20 Polynesian territories have gathered on Anakena Beach on Easter Island, Chile, to sign a declaration against ocean plastic pollution.

The regional engagement, scheduled for Friday, coincides with the Pacific Rim's stance ahead of the Plastics Treaty negotiations to be held in Canada at the end of April.

The signatories, which include authorities from Bora Bora, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Fiji, Samoa, mayors of the island of Chiloé in southern Chile, the mayor of Rapa Nui himself and UN officials, aim to combat the plastic pollution crisis affecting the Pacific, including the Chilean island territory, considered the most remote in the world, which receives more than 4.4 million objects and waste per year.

The 18-point declaration emphasises "accelerating concrete actions" to protect the Pacific Ocean from plastic and microplastic pollution, highlighting a collective regional effort to address this global environmental challenge. (Camera: ELVIS GONZÁLES).

FOOTAGE SHOWS THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF A DECLARATION AGAINST PLASTIC POLLUTION OF THE OCEANS ON EASTER ISLAND, CHILE.

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Date: 05/04/2024 22:14 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EFE
Topic: Environmental issue
Type: 0
Duration: 176 seconds
Reference: 55013281631
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