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Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change
… allocation and analysis of material flow cost accounting; (vi) Develop key performance indicators to track … man- agement; (v) The re-evaluation of plastic waste as a resource; (vi) Appropriate recycling activities to improve … and coordination amongst countries sharing a common resource. There are 18 Regional Seas Conventions and Action …
Primary microplastics in the oceans: a global evaluation of sources
… population is connected to a wastewater treatment system Accounting for overflows, this means that for this pathway … and regional quantities of marine coatings applied yearly accounting for the plastic content of the paint and reported … Lutter S , Simas M , Stadler K , Wood R (2014) The Global Resource Footprint of Nations Carbon, water, land and …
Marine litter legislation: a toolkit for policy makers
… et al., 2013. 14 Wright et al., 2013. 15 APEC Marine Resource Conservation Working Group, 2009. 16 Potts and … there is a risk of significant adverse impact on a shared resource.39 Sustainable Development: The principle of … litter if not properly disposed of. The U.S. Government Accounting Office cited 87 confirmed cases of illegal …
Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management for the wider Caribbean Region 2014
… Alliance for Sustainable Tourism CERMES - Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies CFH - … list of Country Focal Points who serve as an ongoing resource for conservation efforts throughout the WCR. This … top marine litter form found was plastic beverage bottles accounting for 19.6% of the total items recorded. This …
Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… countries has been achieved largely through highly resource-intensive patterns of consumption and production, … less replicable to other parts of the world (International Resource Panel 2016a). Instead, transitioning to a … to prevent and control pollution, toward greater resource efficiency and equity, circularity and sustainable …
Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 1 - Review of Impacts, Priority Areas and Mitigation Measures
… of years of human development, settlement, commerce and resource exploitation. Currently, there are 601 cities with a … (EEB et al., 2004). Moreover, it states that even after accounting for enforcement of MARPOL Annex VI, which sets … contributor to the world’s total CO2 emissions, however, accounting for just 1.8% in 1996. A significant reduction of …