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Articles for Marine Litter

Marine Eco-Environmental Protection in China
5 months, 1 week ago

Marine Eco-Environmental Protection in China

China Daily  

Systematic Governance of the Marine Eco-Environment China adopts a holistic approach to marine eco-environmental governance, while making extra efforts to address key points and problems. China launched its first campaign against marine pollution in 2018, setting the comprehensive governance of the Bohai Sea a main target of pollution control during the 13th Five-year Plan period. The five core goals of …

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India, France to Work to Bolster Talks for Binding Instrument to End Plastic Pollution
1 year, 5 months ago

India, France to Work to Bolster Talks for Binding Instrument to End Plastic Pollution

News 18  

India and France on Friday said they will constructively engage other like-minded countries to strengthen the negotiations for an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution. In March 2019, the 4th United Nations Environment Assembly, adopted a resolution on”Addressing Single-use plastic products pollution” which “encourages member states to take actions, as appropriate, to promote the identification and development of …

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‘Ensuring a sustainable Blue Economy is essential to achieve social and economic development goals of G20 countries’
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Ensuring a sustainable Blue Economy is essential to achieve social and economic development goals of G20 countries’

The Hindu  

The G20 Environmental and Climate Sustainability Working Group meeting was recently held in Bengaluru. The concept of Blue Economy is highly relevant to the G20 forum because all G20 countries are coastal States and rely heavily on ocean resources for livelihoods and economic growth. Therefore, ensuring a sustainable Blue Economy is essential to achieve the social and economic development goals …

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Nigeria has a coastal litter problem: It’s time to clean up
1 year, 11 months ago

Nigeria has a coastal litter problem: It’s time to clean up

The Hindu  

These are just some of the 29,029 items we found along the 180km Araromi coastline Nigeria in nine months while studying marine litter. A collaboration between researchers at Centre for Energy Research and Development, Obafemi Awolowo University, and Marine Litter Watch Nigeria, a student volunteering group, it aimed to provide a baseline data about the area and contribute to the …

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War against plastic: focus on capital
2 years, 4 months ago

War against plastic: focus on capital

The Hindu  

The spotlight will be on Thiruvananthapuram in the context of an Indo-German project that seeks to prevent marine litter including plastics and microplastics. Kerala is one of three States, the others being Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, where the project 'Circular Economy Solutions Preventing Marine Litter in Ecosystems' is being implemented. Thiruvananthapuram would be the city in focus where ground-level …

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Octopuses are increasingly using garbage in the ocean floor for shelter, study finds
2 years, 9 months ago

Octopuses are increasingly using garbage in the ocean floor for shelter, study finds

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have documented a likely increase in the use of litter on the ocean floor …

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