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Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… 49 Towards a Pollution-Free Planet 3 Transitioning towards a … Coalition 2016). Biotechnology is being used for cleaning oil-contaminated environments using bacteria or fungi for … and maintenance costs are relatively high Large-scale oil spills New generation trawler to recover oil spills 100% …
Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 1 - Review of Impacts, Priority Areas and Mitigation Measures
… 41 Chapter 2 Ship-generated oil discharges and exhaust emissions in the Mediterranean … 58 2. Oil tanker traffic volume in the Mediterranean Sea … goods and services is rapidly weakening. Climate change, pollution, overfishing, introduced species and habitat … to grow at an alarming rate. These impacts are due to ship pollution and emissions, collisions and noise, grounding and …
Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014
… ACRONYMS AMEP - Assessment and Management of Environmental Pollution ABWREC - Antigua and Barbuda Waste Recycling … boats and cruises, fishing and cargo ships, offshore oil rigs and platforms, fishing piers, jetties and marinas. … textile fibres (Hollman, Bouwmeester, & Peters, 2013), oil containers, fishing gear including filament line and …
Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers
… 4.4.1 The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), 1973 … groups have voiced concern over pollution from: “fuels and oil, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), paint, … were Vietnam-era Armored Personnel Carriers or APCs. Oil rigs have been used to create artificial reefs and have …
Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change
… MARPOL International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships MAP Mediterranean Action Plan MSFD … all plastics, cargo residues, incinerator ashes, cook- ing oil, fishing gear, and animal carcasses generated during the … other garbage including plastics, domestic wastes, cooking oil, incinerator ashes, operational wastes and fishing gear …
UN Environment foresight brief: marine plastics litter and microplastics
… between the different ocean compartments bringing plastic pollution to every corner of it. Fishing nets (Polyamide or … ships. Environmental, social and economic impacts Plastic pollution is reported to affect more than 700 marine species … to climate change. Eight per cent of the annual global oil production, goes towards the manufacture of plastics …