Local activists in Denmark held a funeral for Vejle Fjord to draw attention to the poor health of the country's coastal waters, which have been polluted by industrial agricultural run-offs. The lack of oxygen has killed off the fauna and flora in the fjord, making it a 'dead fjord'.
A fjord in the east of Denmark received last rites on Saturday from a group of local activists in an effort to draw attention to the poor health of the country's coastal waters .gathered alongside the Vejle Fjord to celebrate an open air"funeral" for the inlet in the west of the country, which has been asphyxiated by industrial agricultural run-offs.
Biologist Stiig Markager from the University of Aarhus said Vejle was a"dead fjord" because the lack of oxygen has killed off its fauna and flora. A report in 2022 by the University of Southern Denmark concluded the 22-kilometre fjord was in a"poor environmental condition" because of high levels of nitrogen run-off from fertiliser use on farms."The culprits are pigs and cattle," said Markager.The country's main agricultural association argues farmers are taking steps to prevent pollution.
Fertiliser run-off favours the growth of algae that cover water surfaces, blocking light and cutting off oxygen.
Denmark Fjord Funeral Activists Coastal Waters Pollution Industrial Agriculture Oxygen Depletion Dead Fjord
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