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Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers
… of pollution and waste and reinforces the polluter-pays principle articulated at the Earth Summit. The Future We … marine litter are: Prevention of Environmental Harm: The principle calls for States to prevent pollution and minimize damage. Both Principle 21 of the 1972 Stockholm Declaration and Principle …
Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… to curb pollution around the world. It seeks to reinforce integration and coherence in the way society responds to … inclusiveness, sustainability, precautionary and integration – respectively imply that: (i) Everyone in … international agreements (Target 16.10) and in line with Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration and the Bali Guidelines …
Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014
… sheets) need to be more accessible to educators in the integration of the solid waste management issue into the … a national management plan for marine litter. A model for integration of the marine litter issue is needed to promote … Principles for Environmental Sustainability in the OECS – Principle 10 relating to marine litter and toxic waste needs …
Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change
… of targeted inter- ventions; (m) Using the precautionary principle and taking into account that there is unequivocal … Environment and Development in June in 1992 and adopted as Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and … into the ocean and minimising the risk. The Precautionary Principle can be viewed as an extension of the precautionary …
Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 1 - Review of Impacts, Priority Areas and Mitigation Measures
… of a strategy based on prevention and the precautionary principle. The implementation of such a system will require a … Dedicated funding, possibly based on the ‘polluter pays’ principle, is required to support research, management and … there are very limited registration schemes and, in principle, all [booster biocides] can be used’ (Readman, …
Primary microplastics in the oceans: a global evaluation of sources
… well documented elsewhere (UNEP SETAC, 2009) Based on the principle that you can improve only what you can measure, … to set targets and monitor progress This should include integration in target settings frameworks and policies (e g …