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Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change
… ), Judith Wehrli (Institute of European and International Economic Law, Switzerland), IliIssaria Mangalili (Division of … NOWPAP Northwest Pacific Action Plan OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OSPAR Convention for the … 126 The role of Life-Cycle Assessment …
Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014
… THE WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION 2014iv LIST OF ACRONYMS AMEP - Assessment and Management of Environmental Pollution ABWREC - … DEHS - Department of Environmental Health Services ECLAC - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean … - Environmental Conservation Organization EEZ - Exclusive Economic Zone EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment EPA - …
Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers
… 6.3 Environmental Impact Assessment … Marine litter poses serious environmental, health, and economic threats to oceans and coastal ecosystems. It also … waste. Approaches such as the circular economy model of economic development can be used to reduce the creation of …
Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… in the way society responds to social, environmental and economic challenges related to pollution. It fully recognizes … Organic Pollutants (POPs) under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention on Long-range … guidelines 2. Invest in air quality monitoring networks, assessment systems, institutional capacity and information …
Primary microplastics in the oceans: a global evaluation of sources
… with adverse effects to marine ecosystems and related economic activities Plastic wastes include all size residues, … report is based on modelling sources and leakages from economic and household activities, using exclusively publicly … subject to specific and regionalised modelling, city dust assessment is based on more basic extrapolation from the …
UN Environment foresight brief: marine plastics litter and microplastics
… of the world and have serious environmental, social and economic impacts. What are the findings? Volumes are … into the sea from ships. Environmental, social and economic impacts Plastic pollution is reported to affect more … Medellin Declaration on Marine Litter in the Life Cycle Assessment And Management 2017 What is/has been done? UN …
Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 1 - Review of Impacts, Priority Areas and Mitigation Measures
… further explore the problem, in particular to examine the economic and practical issues in the extensive application of … This approach has been applied in the US Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) (shifting of traffic lanes in … to determine data gaps vital for a more comprehensive assessment of the issue, in order to suggest further research …
Promoting regional approaches to tackle the global problem of marine debris (litter)
… their leakage into the environment, and of capturing the economic value of plastic wastes in order to incentivise plastic waste treatments and provide socio-economic benefits to local communities through processes such … scientific studies and the report of the first World Ocean Assessment underline the emerging problem of microplastic …