Japan proposes to wipe Mauritius mangroves by hand to remove oil – Kyodo News Plus
Japan is proposing to manually wipe the mangroves to remove any oil spilled from a Japanese cargo ship stranded off Mauritius in the Indian Ocean from their roots, a source familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
The idea, suggested by Japan at a meeting of the Mauritian government working group in late August, is also to remove fallen leaves covered in oil. The work would be carried out by…