GUIDELINES FOR THE MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT OF PLASTIC LITTER IN THE OCEAN
| Author(s) | Eugene Papa |
| Publisher | UNEP |
| Date | 2019 |
| Pages | 138 |
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| Size | 5 Mb |
| D O W N L O A D | |
The Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection addressed the problem of littering the marine environment by plastic and microplastics for decades. From the beginning, they focused mainly on microplastics, considering them an emerging concern, which would lead to the development of a scoping paper.
The international workshop held back in 2010 by GESAMP, centered on the microplastic particles as a vector for transporting persistent, bio-accumulating, and toxic substances in the ocean. The subject workshop was the first to convene representatives from the all interested parties, including but not limited to the chemicals industry, academia, policymakers, and intergovernmental organizations.
One of the conclusions made was that further evaluation of the potential impacts of microplastics was necessary. That led to the establishment of the GESAMP Working Group 40 (WG40) in 2012 to investigate the sources, fate, and effects of microplastics in the marine environment.
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