PPT-Litter in the Marine Environment

Sierra Club Marine Action Team Judith S Weis Trash and abandoned fishing gear primarily large trawl and drift nets float into protected lowenergy shallowwater environments MARINE LITTER TRASH.  \r\f\f\n\f\n\t\b\rWhile litter and littering have decreased, they continue to have a signi�cant impact on our communities and environment. &# Marine Litter, UNEP/GPA. UNEA Resolution. First session of the United Nations . Environment Assembly – . Resolution 1/6 . on Marine Plastic Debris and . Microplastics. :. Encourages . Governments, intergovernmental organizations, industry and others to cooperate with the Global Partnership on Marine Litter . Thomais. . Vlachogianni. | . Phd. . Env. . Chem. MIO-ECSDE . Programme. Officer. DeFishGear. WP4 Leader. Member of the MSFD TSG 10. Member of the CORMON group. MIO-ECSDE | At a glance. MIO-ECSDE. . From space our planet Earth is blue. Most of what can be seen is water. . It is estimated that 71% of the Earth is covered by the sea. . People often call the Earth. ‘The Blue Planet’. Image courtesy of . What . is Litter?. Problems Caused by Litter?. Litter is waste that’s . ends up in the wrong . place which ruins the surrounding area. Litter can be . anything . from . a cigarette . butts to a plastic bag and various other items you see along . Litter is described as ‘rubbish that is in the wrong place’. It can be anything from a cigarette butt to food, chewing gum, crisp packets or plastic bags. . Litter – Why is it a problem?. Litter – Why is it a problem?. IMPACT OF MARINE LITTER ESPECIALLY PLASTICS ON THE AFRICAN MARINE ENVIRONMENT 4 TH Association of African Maritime Administration Conference hosted by Egypt Savoy Hotel, Sharm El Sheikh . of. . the. GES in . the. . Mediterranean. , . gap. . analysis. , . priority. . needs. to . improve. . coherence. “. Sašo Gorjanc (IWRS). MEDCIS . Workshops. - . Litter. , 23. r. d. . February. Tackling Source to Sea Litter . in the Clyde Valley. Upstream. Battle. . Citizen Science. You’ve just seen an image on the previous slide. What was in the picture?. Here it is again on the next slide. What do you see? What could this picture be trying to show?. Working to protect, preserve and enhance our marine environment KIMO International Annual Report 2017 KIMO International Annual Report 2017 KIMO International Board of Directors Karsten Fils Page 1 IntroductionThe PAME Working Group addresses policy and non-emergency response measures related to the protection of the Arctic marine environment from land and sea-based activities These measu 2019871549-15551549Original Research Articlehttps//doiorg/1020546/ijcmas2019807184Assessment of Marine Litter Based on Tide along Juhu BeachS Manickavasagam1 P Chellamanimegalai2and M Dhayanath21ESSO- JEAN Representative of DirectorsPartnership Office Yamagata NPO Director1About and examples of its clean up effort2Outcome after 2006NOWPAP ICCin Yamagata3Our initiativeson microplastic4Next steps1Coo C. lean. Some background information on litter, marine debris, and sampling techniques. Kelsey R. Cramer, Michele B. Sherman, and Mary Carla . Curran*. Savannah State University. *for more information contact Dr. Curran .