Gulf aftermath
THE OIL SPILL resulting from the Gulf war is the world's worst at about 7 million barrels. Thousands of grebes and cormorants have been killed, and in some areas up to 75 percent of wading birds, particularly plovers, godwits and sandpipers, were affected by oil. A total of 20-50,000 birds of 53 species were thought to have been oiled by March, but significant numbers of migratory species were still to arrive in the Gulf. There is particular concern about the future of the Socotra cormorant as its numbers were already in decline before the war. The war oil spill has highlighted the threats faced by birds in the Arabian Gulf. The marine ecosystem continues to be threatened by serious oil spills, which are commonplace. Rapid coastal development in Saudi Arabia has already grossly modified up to 40 percent of the Gulf coast.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 4, 1 November 1991, Page 6
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144Gulf aftermath Forest and Bird, Volume 22, Issue 4, 1 November 1991, Page 6
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