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Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014
… Technical Report: 72 REGIONAL ACTION PLAN ON MARINE LITTER MANAGEMENT (RAPMaLi) FOR THE WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION 2014 … CYEN - Caribbean Youth Environment Network CZMA - Coastal Zone Management Act CZMAI - Coastal Zone Management Authority & Institute DEHS - …
Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change
… Natural Resources, Mexico), Felicia Mogo (Nigeria Maritime Management and Safety Agency, Nigeria), Geir Wing Gabrielsen … Authority, Seychelles), Sankoh Salieu (Natural Resources Management Specialist, Sierra Leone), Jesús Gago Piñeiro … Commission - Helsinki Commission ICC International Coastal Clean-up IEEP Institute for European Environmental …
Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers
… Prevention and Reduction Act MEM Marine Environmental Management (South Korea) MLW Marine LitterWatch (EU) MPPRCA … environmental, health, and economic threats to oceans and coastal ecosystems. It also presents a unique legal and … is discarded, disposed of or abandoned in the marine and coastal environment.”1 This definition includes items …
Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 1 - Review of Impacts, Priority Areas and Mitigation Measures
… by: IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation Publication Management: Chadi Abi Faraj Printed by: Solprint, Mijas … activities such as fisheries, ship traffic, pollution and coastal development. Cetaceans and other vertebrates are … seismic surveys, military sonar, drilling operations, coastal construction works and underwater explosions …
UN Environment foresight brief: marine plastics litter and microplastics
… ocean floor with most accumulation zones found along the coastal areas (Stuparu, et al. 2015). However, questions … located on shorelines and shipping routes close to shore, coastal waters near highly populated coastal areas, and in … volume of litter. Although it is a common regulated waste management practice, the open burning or incineration of …
Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… pollutants; ii. Areas of pollution (air, water, marine and coastal, land/soil) including the cross-cutting categories of … in enabling and guiding actions and including pollution management into development agendas, states and local … originate on land or upstream and find their way to the coastal and marine environment through rivers, waterways, and …
Promoting regional approaches to tackle the global problem of marine debris (litter)
… problem affecting the marine environment, not only for coastal areas of developing countries that lack appropriate waste management infrastructure, but also for the world’s oceans as … Devices, and to remove accumulated marine debris from the coastal and marine environment; 7. ENCOURAGES relevant …