Bonaire
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| Capital | Kralendijk |
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| Incorporated into the Netherlands | 10 October 2010 |
| dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles | |
| Currency | United States Dollar |
| Population | 18,905 (2015) |
| Points of interest | Klein Bonaire |
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| ID | 2375461 |
About Bonaire
Bonaire, an island municipality of the Netherlands, lies off Venezuela's coast in the southern Caribbean. Its reef-lined coast is protected by Bonaire National Marine Park. Beyond its rich marine life, the island shelters lizards, donkeys and birds within its immense Washington Slagbaai National Park, marked by beaches, lagoons, caverns and desert-like hills.
Palau is the first country to ban 'reef toxic" sun-cream
The Rock Islands in Palau
The Pacific nation of Palau is The First country to Ban sun-cream, the life is harmful to the corals and the sea.
as Of Wednesday, sun cream, includes common ingredients, including oxybenzone, is not allowed or sold in the country.
Palau's President, Tommy Remengesau, said: "We have To Live and respect for The Environment , because The Environment is The Nest of life. "
The Island nation markets itself as a "pristine Paradise" for scuba divers.
A lagoon in Palau's Rock Islands , a country has a population of around 20,000 scattered on hundreds of Islands .
The Ban prohibits sun cream are included. The List contains oxybenzone and octinoxate, which absorb UV-light.
The International Coral Reef Foundation, said that the banned chemicals were poisons "known environment - Most of them are. incredibly toxic for the juvenile stages of many species of animals".
Mr Remengesau told the news Agency AFP: "If the science tells us that a practice is harmful to take fish for the coral reefs, or The Ocean itself, our people to the attention of our visitors also.
"Toxic sunscreen chemicals have been found, the rooms in Palau-critical of life, and in the tissues of the Most famous creatures.
"We are not against it, as The First nation to Ban these chemicals, and we will do our part to get the word to spread. "
diver among the corals in PalauThe Number of sun-creams, the harmful chemicals, is on the decline. In the year 2018, according to the experts, it was found, in about half of the creams and lotions.
When the U.S. state of Hawaii announced a similar Ban - the - big brands, the say goods quickly, their products are "reef-bill-compliant".
Other places to preach, forbids the U.S. Virgin Islands - where The Law intervenes, in March , and the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire .
environment, palau, pollution, ocean pollution, oceans, coral reefs, hawaii
Source of news: bbc.com
