Honduras
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Islas de basura, la evidencia de una catástrofe ambiental en Honduras

  • 24 noviembre 2017 /
  • Redacción

  • Islas de basura, la evidencia de una catástrofe ambiental en Honduras
    Durante la temporada lluviosa, de mayo a diciembre, las olas empujan los desechos a las playas cercanas a Omoa, depositándolos a lo largo de sus 45 km.

    Underwater photographer Caroline Power found the plastic blanket of forks, bottles and rubbish 15 miles off the coast of Roatan heading towards the Cayos Cochinos Marine Reserve. / AFP PHOTO / CAROLINE POWER PHOTOGRAPHY / Handout / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT 'AFP PHOTO / CAROLINE POWER' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
  • Islas de basura, la evidencia de una catástrofe ambiental en Honduras
    View of garbage at Omoa beach, Cortes department, Honduras, on November 11, 2017.
    Floating masses of garbage offshore from some of the Caribbean's pristine beaches are testimony to a vast and growing problem of plastic pollution heedlessly dumped in our oceans, locals, activists and experts say. / AFP PHOTO / ORLANDO SIERRA / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by NOE LEIVA
  • Islas de basura, la evidencia de una catástrofe ambiental en Honduras
    A man walks under the rain amidst garbage at Omoa beach, Cortes department, Honduras, on November 11, 2017.
    Floating masses of garbage offshore from some of the Caribbean's pristine beaches are testimony to a vast and growing problem of plastic pollution heedlessly dumped in our oceans, locals, activists and experts say. / AFP PHOTO / ORLANDO SIERRA / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by NOE LEIVA
  • Islas de basura, la evidencia de una catástrofe ambiental en Honduras
    View of garbage at Omoa beach, Cortes department, Honduras, on November 11, 2017.
    Floating masses of garbage offshore from some of the Caribbean's pristine beaches are testimony to a vast and growing problem of plastic pollution heedlessly dumped in our oceans, locals, activists and experts say. / AFP PHOTO / ORLANDO SIERRA / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by NOE LEIVA
  • Islas de basura, la evidencia de una catástrofe ambiental en Honduras
    This Hand Out photo shows plastic waste floating off the coast of Roatan, Honduras on September 7, 2017.

    Underwater photographer Caroline Power found the plastic blanket of forks, bottles and rubbish 15 miles off the coast of Roatan heading towards the Cayos Cochinos Marine Reserve. / AFP PHOTO / CAROLINE POWER PHOTOGRAPHY / Handout / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT 'AFP PHOTO / CAROLINE POWER' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS