- Title: Brazilian school takes students to Copacabana beach to teach marine life
- Date: 14th July 2023
- Summary: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (JULY 11, 2023) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) AUTHOR OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY, CARMEN EDITH PAZOTO, SAYING: "This will be important for students to have a broader understanding of the importance of these environments, of the relationship between humans and the ocean. Of the benefits the ocean provides for sustaining life on the planet." CHILDREN LOOKING AT FISH (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) STUDENT, MARIA CAROLINA SAMPAIO, SAYING: " I loved it. I loved it because we cleaned up the rubbish on the beach and in the sea. The fish could eat the rubbish and die." VARIOUS OF CHILDREN HOLDING MEGALODON SHARK TOOTH (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) STUDENT, ARTHUR DE ARAUJO ALVES, SAYING: "I have seen megalodon teeth, and they are very big. It's the first time, and it was great." CHILDREN LOOKING AT MEGALODON SHARK TOOTH (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) STUDENT, HEITOR RIBEIRO, SAYING: "We collect rubbish. We study fish. We don't always study fish because we are inside the school." CHILDREN TOUCHING FISH CHILD INSIDE BUS LOOKING AT BEACH THROUGH BUS WINDOW CHILDREN POSING FOR PHOTO
- Embargoed: 28th July 2023 16:00
- Keywords: Brazil Environment ocean school students
- Location: RIO DE JANEIRO & BRASILIA, BRAZIL / INTERNET
- City: RIO DE JANEIRO & BRASILIA, BRAZIL / INTERNET
- Country: Brazil
- Topics: Environment,South America / Central America
- Reuters ID: LVA004635711072023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A group of Brazilian school children gleefully remove pieces of plastic and trash on the sand of a Rio de Janeiro beach during an outing to teach them about the importance of protecting the environment.
Their school, called Notre Dame, is located on the city's tourist hot spot of Ipanema Beach and has just received a Blue School stamp from the United Nations cultural agency UNESCO as part of an initiative to protect the Atlantic Ocean.
The stamp recognizes school programs around the world with the aim of protecting oceans.
The initiative comes at a time scientists fear that over 90% of the world's marine food supplies are at risk from environmental changes such as rising temperatures and pollution.
Alongside NGO Instituto Mar Urbano, Notre Dame school currently offers activities that aim to create awareness among children of different ages to preserve urban beaches.
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