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Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers
… 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 … These instruments provide regional approaches to global instrument and otherwise enable regional coordination to …
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 … Protection of the Danube (ICPDR) provides an overall legal instrument for cooperation and trans- boundary management 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 … may include bans, restriction, standards, labelling, economic incentives) including full implementation of the …
Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014
… 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 - … Act (No. 22 of 1969) - The Act is the main legislative instrument for managing environmen- tal health issues in St. …
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 … as carcinogens (North and Halden 2013). The socio-economic impacts include losses in earnings due to beach …
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 … The peri-Mediterranean countries possess a valuable instrument, were they ready to tackle marine bioinvasions. …