Marine Debris

The only way to manage the marine debris pollution issue is through prevention—changing behaviors that cause marine debris to enter the environment.— NOAA The only way to manage the marine debris pollution issue is through prevention—changing behaviors that cause marine debris to enter the environment.— NOAA

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NOWPAP Publications

NOWPAP DINRAC
North West Pacific Action Plan
Data and Information Network Regional Activity Center

NOWPAP Publications
Interesting Publications:

Guidelines for Monitoring Marine Litter on the Seabed in the Northwest Pacific Region

Regional Report on Sea-based Marine Litter in the NOWPAP Region

Recycling Plastic Marine Litter

Model Survey for Reduction of Marine Litter

NOWPAP Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter (RAP MALI)

Guidelines for Providing and Improving Port Reception Facilities and Services for Ship-generated Marine Litter in the Northwest Pacific region

Marine Litter Management: The approach of Incheon City, Republic of Korea

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Marine Debris VDOs

Marine Debris VDOs

Marine Debris Solution - Website

ไปเจอเวบไซท์รวบรวมความเคลื่อนไหวด้านขยะทะเลจากทั่วโลก โดยเฉพาะ NOAA
Marine Debris Solution - Website

The only way to manage the marine debris pollution issue is through prevention—changing behaviors that cause marine debris to enter the environment.

— NOAA

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(GEF) Marine Debris: Defining a Global Environmental Challenge: Plastics

Marine Debris: Defining a Global Environmental Challenge: Plastics http://www.thegef.org/gef/sites/thegef.org/files/documents/C.40.Inf_.14_Marine_Debris.pdf

Framework of Global Partnership on Waste Management (UNEP Global Partnership on Waste Management)
http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/SPC/activities/GPWM/03_GPWM_2nd_consultation_meeting_FINAL_DRAFT_14April2011.pdf

http://5imdc.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/honolulu-strategy-5imdc-discussion-draft-sm.pdf

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The Marine Debris Research and Technology Grants Program

The Marine Debris Research and Technology Grants Program

Request for Proposals

The Marine Debris Research and Technology Grants Program (Program) is a partnership between the NOAA Marine Debris Program and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to provide grants to organizations working on projects to improve our understanding of the impacts of marine debris on our marine and coastal resources, and to reduce and prevent debris in our marine environment. Marine debris is defined as: any persistent solid material that is manufactured or processed and directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally, disposed of or abandoned into the marine environment or the Great Lakes.

The Program supports projects that reduce the creation of derelict gear (both commercial and recreational) due to poor disposal practices and loss from day-to-day fishing practices, projects that increase our understanding of the impacts of marine debris on species, habitat and navigation, and/or projects that engage marinas, ports and the fishing industry/community.

Programmatic and Geographic Focus Areas

The Program provides competitive grants to finance innovative proposals in three primary focus areas:

1. Ports, Marinas and Fishing Communities - Projects that create or improve best management practices of ports, marinas, and fishing communities to decrease the threat of marine debris to marine life and/or navigation safety. Priority is given to projects that:
1. create incentives for marinas, ports, or fishing communities to reduce the introduction of marine debris;
2. improve marina, port, or fishing organizations best management practices for plastics, fishing gear, and other types of marine debris as defined above;
3. create incentives for fishing and boating communities to reduce or remove marine debris.
2. Gear Technology - Projects that work with the fishing industry and/or fisheries councils and organizations to develop better solutions to reduce derelict fishing gear in the marine environment. Priority is given to projects that:
1. work with fishing groups, industry, or manufacturers to improve fishing gear technology that could decrease gear loss and/or animal entanglement during fishing;
2. develop innovative technology improvements to reduce the effectiveness (catch rate) of lost gear (ghost fishing) or promote the use of gear that reduces ghost fishing.
3. Marine Debris Research and Assessment - Projects that improve understanding of the sources and impacts of marine debris on living marine resources, and tourist and fishing industries. Priority is given to projects that:
1. conduct research to understand reasons for fishing gear loss and develop methods/recommendations to prevent it;
2. quantify the biological, social and/or economic impacts of marine debris, with a priority on derelict fishing gear impacts to living marine resources. Studies of impacts to living marine resources, and cost-benefit analyses of removal by gear type are of particular interest;
3. assess the cost of marine debris impacts on navigation, tourism or other marine-dependent industries.

Proposals must identify which of the above focus area they are addressing, and will be evaluated and selected based on criteria that includes but is not limited to: merit, proposal quality, and available funding.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education, other non-profits, commercial organizations, and state (including Commissions), local, and tribal governments whose projects have the potential to benefit NOAA trust resources through marine debris research and prevention projects. Applications from federal agencies or employees of federal agencies will not be considered. Federal agencies are strongly encouraged to work with states, non-governmental organizations, and others that are eligible to apply.

Proposals must link clearly to one of the above focus areas, and clearly define a marine debris problem that applicants are seeking to address and explain how the project will provide measurable benefits for coastal and living marine resources. Projects should define a time-line for project implementation. If applicable, successful applicants will be required to provide sufficient documentation in regards to all necessary permits and clearances that the project expects to receive or has received in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Endangered Species Act (ESA), and any other federal, state, or local ordinances.

Proposals that include any gear removal aspects as part of their project must also include a letter from the appropriate state agency (on agency letterhead) indicating that your proposed project is in compliance with the state?s policies for handling fishing gear as part of the Full Proposal Application.

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Great Example - Interactive marine debris map - WWF Australia


This is a Gr8 exanple of visual marine debris map classifying types and percentage which displayed with colourful map and pie chart.

Love it a lot........thinking to do such thing for Thailand! ....hmmm very interesting!!!

Interactive marine debris map
http://www.wwf.org.au/ourwork/oceans/debrismap/

The information gathered to compile these quantities comes from various sources. These include WWF's annual marine debris surveys in northern Australia, datasheets received from users of The Net Kit: A Fishing Net Identification Guide for Northern Australia and beach survey and clean up work performed by interested parties, school and community groups around Australia.

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Measures to Prevent and Reduce Marine Debris and Its Impacts


Tackling Marine Debris in the 21st Century (2008): Measures to Prevent and Reduce Marine Debris and Its Impacts [Read Online]

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Tackling Marine Debris in the 21st Century


Tackling Marine Debris in the 21st Century

Authors:
Committee on the Effectiveness of International and National Measures to Prevent and Reduce Marine Debris and Its Impacts, National Research Council

Description:
Marine debris from ships and other ocean-based sources-including trash and lost fishing gear-contributes to the spoiling of beaches, fouling of surface waters and the seafloor, and harm to marine animals, among other effects. Unfortunately, international conventions and domestic laws intended to control marine debris have not been successful, in part because the laws, as written, provide little incentive to change behavior.

This book identifies ways to reduce waste, improve waste disposal at ports, and strengthen the regulatory framework toward a goal of zero waste discharge into the marine environment. Progress will depend on a commitment to sustained funding and appropriate institutional support.

The Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee should, through planning and prioritization, target research to understand the sources, fates, and impacts of marine debris. It should support the establishment of scalable and statistically rigorous protocols that allow monitoring at a variety of temporal and spatial scales. These protocols should contain evaluative metrics that allow assessment of progress in marine debris mitigation. The United States, through leadership in the international arena, should provide technical assistance and support for the establishment of additional monitoring and research programs worldwide.

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UNEP Marine Litter Publications

UNEP Marine Litter Publications

หน่วยงาน ด้าน "ขยะทะเล"

Websites
Australia

* Coastcare
www.coastcare.com.au
* Northern Territory Marine Debris Monitoring Program
www.nt.gov.au/nreta/wildlife/marine/pdf/marinedebris_fs.pdf
* Australian Maritime Safety Authority
www.amsa.gov.au/Marine_Environment_Protection/AMSAs_Role_in_Maritime_Environmental_Issues/
* Marine Debris in the Great Barrier Reef
www.reefed.edu.au/home/explorer/hot_topics/marine_debris
* Marine Debris in the Australian Antarctic Territory
www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=3122
* Clean Up Australia:
www.cleanup.org.au/au/
* Keep Australia Beautiful
www.kab.org.au
* Carpentaria Gulf Nets Programme
www.ghostnets.com.au
* Project AWARE Marine Debris Page
www.projectaware.org/content/index.php?pid=42
* Port Waste Reception Facilities
www.amsa.gov.au/Marine_Environment_Protection/AMSAs_Role_in_Maritime_Environmental_Issues/
* RecFishing Research Best Practice Guidelines
www.recfishingresearch.org/reports.asp?ids=7&idset=19&title=Codes%20of%20Practice
* Surfrider Foundation Australia
www.surfrider.org.au/what-we-do/marine-debris/
* WWF Australia - Marine Debris Program
www.wwf.org.au/ourwork/oceans/debris/

Regional

* APEC
www.apec.org
* COBSEA
www.cobsea.org/activities/activities_strategic_pollution.html
* SPREP
www.sprep.org/solid_waste/index.htm
* CTI
www.cti-secretariat.net/home-mainmenu-1

Global

* Clean Up the World:
www.cleanupworld.org
* NOAA Marine Debris Program
marinedebris.noaa.gov
* Surfrider Foundation
www.surfrider.org/a-z/marine_debris.php
* UNEP Regional Seas Programme
www.unep.org/regionalseas/

ในประเทศไทย
Save Koh Tao


ASIA / ÁSIA
Clean Coast Project
http://www.sviva.gov.il/bin/en.jsp?enPage=e_BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=Zone&enDispWho=cleancoast05&enZone=cleancoast05

COBSEA - Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia Homepage
http://www.cobsea.org/index.html
http://cobsea.org/activities/activities_strategic_pollution.html

Green Fins Association
http://www.greenfins-thailand.org/

Hong Kong Coastal International Cleanup Challenge
http://www.ecovisionasia.com/hkcoastalcleanup/index.html

International Pellet Watch::Call for pellets from world beaches!
http://www.pelletwatch.org/

JEAN - Japan Environmental Action Network
http://www.jean.jp/

Kewkradong Bangladesh
http://www.kewkradong.com/

Mariana Islands Nature Alliance - A Pacific Environmental Organization
http://minapacific.org/
http://minapacific.org/sec.asp?secID=2

NOWPAP National Monitoring of Marine Litter
http://www.cearac-project.org/MALITA/NOWPAP_National_Monitoring/top.htm

NOWPAP-Northwest Pacific Action Plan
http://www.nowpap.org/index.php
http://www.nowpap.org/ML.php

Oceanic Defense - Activation Through Education
http://www.oceanicdefense.org/index.html

OSEAN - Our Sea of East Asia Network
http://cafe.naver.com/osean

Project AWARE Actions
http://projectaware.wordpress.com/


Worldwide

Net without Litter


UNITED NATIONS / ONU
Welcome to the Regional Seas website
http://www.unep.org/regionalseas/marinelitter/default.asp

COBSEA - Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia Homepage
http://www.cobsea.org/index.html
http://cobsea.org/activities/activities_strategic_pollution.html

Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities
http://www.gpa.unep.org/

International Maritime Organization
http://www.imo.org/Conventions/contents.asp?doc_id=678&topic_id=258#garbage

NOWPAP-Northwest Pacific Action Plan
http://www.nowpap.org/index.php
http://www.nowpap.org/ML.php

Oceans and Law of the Sea
http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm

UN Atlas of the Oceans
http://www.oceansatlas.org/



AFRICA
flipflop (i was)
http://www.uniqueco-designs.com/



NORTH AMERICA / AMÉRICA DO NORTE
5 Gyres - Researching & Communicating Plastic Polution in the Worlds Oceans
http://5gyres.org/index.php

5th International Marine Debris Conference
http://www.5imdc.org/

7 In the Ocean
http://sevenintheocean.wordpress.com/

A Whale of a Problem!
http://teamjefferson.blog.com/

Algalita Marine Research Foundation - Marine Research, Education and Restoration
http://www.algalita.org/index.html

Alice Ferguson Foundation: Environmental Education and Environmental Action on the Potomac River. Accokeek, Maryland
http://www.fergusonfoundation.org/index.html

All the Way to the Ocean
http://www.allthewaytotheocean.com/

American Chemistry Council
Plastics Division
http://www.americanchemistry.com/s_plastics/sec.asp?CID=1106&DID=4260

ANNA HEPLER
http://www.annahepler.com/
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=239107
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/sculptors-take-on-great-pacific-garbage-patch.php

California Coastal Commission, Public Education Program. Marine Debris
http://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/marinedebris.html

Dive Into Your Imagination - The Garbage Patch
http://www.diveintoyourimagination.com/news/the-garbage-patch

Documents, Reports, Laws, Regulations and Treaties about the Problems Associated with Marine Debris
http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/debris/docsregs.html

Exploring waste, from coast to coast. | Trash Trip
http://www.trashtrip.com/

Flotsametrics and the Floating World
http://www.flotsametrics.com/
http://beachcombersalert.blogspot.com/

GarbagePatchCleaners.org
http://www.garbagepatchcleaner.org/home

gARTbage
Teresa Espaniola
http://www.gartbage.org/

GrassRoots Garbage Gang Rag
http://www.ourbeach.org/index.html

Gulf of Alaska Keeper
http://www.goak.org/

Heal the Bay
http://www.healthebay.org/

Judith Selby Lang
Richard Lang
http://www.beachplastic.com/beach_plastic/Greetings.html

KBB - Keep Bermuda Beautiful
http://www.kbb.bm/index.html

Keep Martin Beautiful
http://www.keepmartinbeautiful.org/

Keep Oceans Clean!
http://www.keepoceansclean.org/intro/

LitterProject
http://www.litterproject.com/

Lost Fishing Gear | The SeaDoc Society
http://www.seadocsociety.org/lostfishinggear

Marina Trash Skimmer by Marina Accessories - Bellingham, WA
http://www.marinatrashskimmer.com/

Marine Cleanup Initiative, Inc. (MCII)
http://www.marinecleanupinitiativeinc.org/
http://marinecleanupinitiativeinc.blogspot.com/

Marine Conservation Alliance Foundation
http://www.mcafoundation.org/index.html

MarineDebrisSolutions.org
http://marinedebrissolutions.com/

National Healthy Beaches Campaign. Promoting clean, safe and healthy beaches.
http://www.healthybeaches.org/

National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce; Coast Guard, Department
of Homeland Security (DHS)
Definition of Marine Debris for Purposes of the Marine Debris
Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-21261.htm
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-21261.pdf
http://205.153.241.230/env_regs/09_03_09.html

NH Marine Debris to Energy Project
http://www.nhmarinedebris.org

NOAA Marine Debris Blog
http://marinedebrisblog.wordpress.com/

NOAA Marine Debris Program
http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/welcome.html

Ocean Conservancy: International Coastal Cleanup
http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/PageServer?pagename=icc_home

Oceanic Defense - Activation Through Education
http://www.oceanicdefense.org/index.html

OceanGybe: A Global Research & Outreach Expedition to Protect the World’s Oceans. - Welcome to OceanGybe.com
http://www.oceangybe.com/

Pam Longobardi
http://www.pamlongobardi.com/

PITCH-IN CANADA - Litter control, recycling, reduce, reuse, beautification
http://www.pitch-in.ca/Marine/E-Marine1.html

Plastic Debris Rivers to Sea Conference | September 7-9, 2005
http://conference.plasticdebris.org/

Plastic Debris Rivers to Sea Project
http://www.plasticdebris.org/

Plastic Forever
http://www.plasticforever.blogspot.com/

Plastic in the Sea and Water
http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Ocean/ocean.htm

Plastic Pollution Coalition
http://plasticpollutioncoalition.org/

Plastics are Forever
http://www.plasticsareforever.org/

Plastics at SEA | North Atlantic Expedition | Sea Education Association (SEA)
http://www.sea.edu/plastics/index.htm

Plastics. Too Valuable to Waste. Recycle.
http://2valuable2waste.com/blog/

Project AWARE Actions
http://projectaware.wordpress.com/

Project Kaisei - Capturing the Plastic Vortex
http://www.projectkaisei.org/index.html

Project Vortex
http://www.projectvortex.org/

RISE ABOVE PLASTICS
http://www.riseaboveplastics.org/
http://riseaboveplastics.blogspot.com/

San Diego Clean Beach Coalition
http://cleanbeachcoalition.org/

San Francisco Save The Bay
http://www.savesfbay.org/

Save The Waves Coalition
http://www.savethewaves.org/

Sea Education Association
http://www.sea.edu/home/index.aspx

SEAPLEX
Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition
Seeking the Science of the Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch
http://sio.ucsd.edu/Expeditions/Seaplex/
http://seaplexscience.com/

Seattle Bag Tax
http://www.seattlebagtax.org/

South Carolina Marine Debris Initiative
http://www.scdhec.gov/environment/ocrm/outreach/marine_debris.htm

Surfrider Foundation
http://www.surfrider.org/

TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
http://www.vanaqua.org/cleanup/

Team Marine :: Rethinking Sustainability!
http://www.teammarine.org/index.php

The Daily Ocean
http://www.thedailyocean.blogspot.com/

The Flotsam Diaries
A chronicle of human debris. Washed up, blown in, left behind.
http://theflotsamdiaries.blogspot.com/

The Marine Mammal Center
http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/

The Plastiki Expedition
http://www.theplastiki.com/

The Plastic Patrol
http://theplasticpatrol.squarespace.com/

Washed Ashore
http://www.washedashore.org/index.php

Washington CoastSavers
http://www.coastsavers.org/

West Coast Governors’ Agreement on Ocean Health Action Coordination Teams
http://www.westcoastoceans.gov/teams/#debris

WiLDCOAST
http://www.wildcoast.net/site/index.php



SOUTH AMERICA / AMÉRICA DO SUL
LEI No 9.966, DE 28 DE ABRIL DE 2000.
Dispõe sobre a prevenção, o controle e a fiscalização da poluição causada por lançamento de óleo e outras substâncias nocivas ou perigosas em águas sob jurisdição nacional e dá outras providências.
http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Leis/L9966.htm
MENSAGEM Nº 571, DE 28 DE ABRIL DE 2000.
http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Leis/Mensagem_Veto/2000/Mv0571-00.htm

DECRETO Nº 4.136, DE 20 DE FEVEREIRO DE 2002
Dispõe sobre a especificação das sanções aplicáveis às infrações às regras de prevenção, controle e fiscalização da poluição causada por lançamento de óleo e outras substâncias nocivas ou perigosas em águas sob jurisdição nacional, prevista na Lei no 9.966, de 28 de abril de 2000, e dá outras providências.
http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/decreto/2002/D4136.htm

PLS - PROJETO DE LEI DO SENADO, Nº 354 de 1989
Dispõe sobre o acondicionamento, a coleta, o tratamento, o transporte e a destinação final dos resíduos de serviços de saúde.
http://www.senado.gov.br/sf/atividade/materia/detalhes.asp?p_cod_mate=1711

SCD - SUBSTITUTIVO DA CÂMARA DOS DEPUTADOS AO PROJETO DE LEI DO SENADO, Nº 354 de 1989
Institui a Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos; altera a Lei nº 9.605, de 12 de fevereiro de 1998; e dá outras providências.
http://www.senado.gov.br/sf/atividade/materia/detalhes.asp?p_cod_mate=96105

PL-203/1991
Dispõe sobre o acondicionamento, a coleta, o tratamento, o transporte e a destinação final dos resíduos de serviços de saúde.
http://www.camara.gov.br/sileg/prop_detalhe.asp?id=15158

PL-1991/2007
Institui a Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos e dá outras providências
http://www.camara.gov.br/sileg/Prop_Detalhe.asp?id=366828

LEI Nº 12.305, DE 2 DE AGOSTO DE 2010.
Institui a Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos; altera a Lei no 9.605, de 12 de fevereiro de 1998; e dá outras providências.
http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2010/Lei/L12305.htm

DECRETO Nº 7.404, DE 23 DE DEZEMBRO DE 2010.
Regulamenta a Lei no 12.305, de 2 de agosto de 2010, que institui a Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos, cria o Comitê Interministerial da Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos e o Comitê Orientador para a Implantação dos Sistemas de Logística Reversa, e dá outras providências.
http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2010/Decreto/D7404.htm



5º Tempo - Mutirão de Limpeza no Mangue - Outubro 2004
http://www.natalvoluntarios.org.br/tempo/tempo5/tempo5.htm
http://www.natalvoluntarios.org.br/tempo/relatoriodownload/relatorio5tempo.pdf

ABIEF - Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Embalagens Plásticas Flexíveis
http://www.abief.com.br/

CleanBeach - Consciência Ecológica
http://www.cleanbeach.com.br/

Compromisso Empresarial para Reciclagem (Cempre)
http://www.cempre.org.br/

Detectives Científicos de la basura en las playas - Explora Conicyt
http://www.cientificosdelabasura.cl/

Entidade Ecológica dos Surfistas - ECOSURFI
http://www.ecosurfi.org/

INP - Instituto Nacional do Plástico
http://www.inp.org.br/

Instituto EcoFaxina - Limpeza, Monitoramento e Educação Ambiental
http://ecofaxina.blogspot.com/

Limpa Brasil
http://www.campanhalimpabrasil.com/site/

lixo.com.br - Consciência Sócio Ambiental
http://www.lixo.com.br/

Mutirão Ambiental - Mar Limpo - veja quais as formas de se combater o lixo marinho
http://homologa.ambiente.sp.gov.br/marlimpo/default.asp

Oceanografia Química e Poluição Marinha
http://poluicaomarinha.blogspot.com/

Organização Sócio-Ambientalista Joguelimpo
http://www.joguelimpo.org.br/index.php

PLAN DE ACCIÓN PARA LA PROTECCIÓN DE MEDIO MARINO Y ÁREAS COSTERAS DEL PACÍFICO SUDESTE.
http://www.cpps-int.org/spanish/planaccion/marinelitter.htm
http://www.cpps-int.org/spanish/planaccion/contaminacionmarinapa.htm#6

Plastivida - Instituto Sócio-Ambiental dos Plásticos
http://www.plastivida.org.br/

Praia Limpa
http://pe360graus.globo.com/praialimpa/

Projeto Limpeza Na Praia - IEA
http://www.institutoaqualung.com.br/limpeza.html

Projeto Manguezal
http://www.projetomanguezal.ufsc.br/

Saco é um saco
http://www.sacoeumsaco.com.br/

Sacolinhas Plásticas
http://sacolinhasplasticas.blogspot.com/

SOS Praias Brasil
http://www.sospraiasbrasil.org.br/

Vamos Limpar o Mundo
http://www.vamoslimparomundo.blogspot.com/



ASIA / ÁSIA
Clean Coast Project
http://www.sviva.gov.il/bin/en.jsp?enPage=e_BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=Zone&enDispWho=cleancoast05&enZone=cleancoast05

COBSEA - Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia Homepage
http://www.cobsea.org/index.html
http://cobsea.org/activities/activities_strategic_pollution.html

Green Fins Association
http://www.greenfins-thailand.org/

Hong Kong Coastal International Cleanup Challenge
http://www.ecovisionasia.com/hkcoastalcleanup/index.html

International Pellet Watch::Call for pellets from world beaches!
http://www.pelletwatch.org/

JEAN - Japan Environmental Action Network
http://www.jean.jp/

Kewkradong Bangladesh
http://www.kewkradong.com/

Mariana Islands Nature Alliance - A Pacific Environmental Organization
http://minapacific.org/
http://minapacific.org/sec.asp?secID=2

NOWPAP National Monitoring of Marine Litter
http://www.cearac-project.org/MALITA/NOWPAP_National_Monitoring/top.htm

NOWPAP-Northwest Pacific Action Plan
http://www.nowpap.org/index.php
http://www.nowpap.org/ML.php

Oceanic Defense - Activation Through Education
http://www.oceanicdefense.org/index.html

OSEAN - Our Sea of East Asia Network
http://cafe.naver.com/osean

Project AWARE Actions
http://projectaware.wordpress.com/



CARIBBEAN / CARIBE
Solid Waste and Marine Litter - Caribbean Environment Programme
http://www.cep.unep.org/publications-and-resources/marine-and-coastal-issues-links/solid-waste-and-marine-litter

Vida Marina de Puerto Rico: Centro de Reducción de Desperdicios Acuáticos
http://www.vidamarinapr.org/english/index.html



EUROPA
Adopt-a-beach and Beachwatch
http://www.adoptabeach.org.uk/

ANDY HUGHES PHOTOGRAPHER
http://www.andyhughes.net/dwt.html

Angelika Heckhausen
http://www.angelika-heckhausen.de/
http://picasaweb.google.com/117860566775425143683/PlastikMullAssemblagen
http://picasaweb.google.com/117860566775425143683/Strandglas
http://www.el-foco.es/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/EL-FOCO-9-M%C3%BCll-web.pdf

Beach cleaner by BeachTech – Find out more about beach cleaners
http://www.beach-tech.com/en.html

British Plastic Federation - Used Plastics Litter in Marine & Riverine Environments
http://www.bpf.co.uk/Press/Marine_Litter.aspx

Clean Ocean Project
http://www.cleanoceanproject.org/

Cleaner Coasts for Ireland and Wales
http://www.cleancoastproject.org/

Corona Save the Beach: A pioneer initiative
http://www.coronasavethebeach.org/eng

Fishing for Litter
http://www.kimointernational.org/Fishing-for-Litter-.aspx

flyintheface - home page of Fran Crowe
http://www.flyintheface.com/index.html

IMARES Dossier: Plastic waste in the sea
http://www.imares.wur.nl/UK/research/dossiers/plastic/

its a man made world
Barbara de Vries
http://www.itsamanmadeworld.com/home.html

KIMO International
http://www.kimointernational.org/

MarinePlastic.org
http://www.marineplastic.org/
http://www.stevemcpherson.co.uk/category/marine-plastic/
http://www.fromherewhereyouare.co.uk/

Microplastics
http://www.microplastics.ch/

NABU-Projekt „Meere ohne Plastik“
http://www.nabu.de/themen/meere/plastik/projekt/

Not on our beaches
http://www.notonourbeaches.com/

Plastic from the Sea
http://www.plastic-sea.com/

Plastic Oceans
http://www.plasticoceans.net/

Plastic Planet
http://www.plastic-planet.at/
http://www.plastic-planet.de/

Plastic Reef | Maarten Vanden Eynde
http://www.plasticreef.com/

Plastic Soup
http://www.plasticsoup.org/en/

Plastic Whale
http://plasticwhale.org/

Plastics 2020 Challenge | Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover
http://www.plastics2020challenge.com/questions/question/what_can_be_done_about_marine_litter/

Plastik-Müllkippe Meer
http://umwelt.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/30/0,1872,7901726,00.html

Project AWARE Actions
http://projectaware.wordpress.com/

Recycled island
http://www.recycledisland.com/

Robin des Bois - Monstres des mers avec Open Arts
http://www.robindesbois.org/monstres_des_mers_open_arts/robin_des_bois_open_arts.html

Robindesbois.org
http://www.robindesbois.org/

Sauvons Epluchures Beach!
http://sauvonsepluchures.org/

Surfers Against Sewage - Not just Surfers, Not just Sewage
http://www.sas.org.uk/

Surfrider Foundation Europe : Sea Protection - Environment and Education
http://www.surfrider.eu/en.html
http://www.initiativesoceanes.org/index.php

Unpackaged
http://beunpackaged.com/

Vac from the Sea
http://www.electrolux.se/Innovation/Campaigns/Vac-from-the-sea/

Watch the Waste - portail d’observation des dechets en mer
http://watchthewaste.free.fr/



HAWAI`I / HAVAÍ
Adopt A Beach Hawaii
http://adoptabeachhawaii.com/

Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawai`i (B.E.A.C.H.)
http://www.b-e-a-c-h.org/

Hawai`i Marine Debris Action Plan
http://sites.google.com/site/himdap/

Helen Chellin
http://helenchellin.com/home.html
http://helenchellin.com/portfolio.html

Kokua Hawai`i Foundation
http://www.kokuahawaiifoundation.org/

SeaPics.com | Ocean Wildlife Nature Pictures | Stock Photo Agency
Ocean Pollution, Ocean Garbage, and Marine Debris Photos
http://seapics.com/
http://seapics.com/feature-subject/environment/ocean-pollution-pictures-001.html

SUPER | Survey of Underwater Plastic and Ecosystem Response
http://cmore.soest.hawaii.edu/cruises/super/index.htm



OCEANIA
Carpentaria Ghost Nets
http://www.ghostnets.com.au/index.html

Clean Up the World
http://www.cleanuptheworld.org/en/

Jimi Rock Under Sea Adventure
http://www.jimirock.com/

Marine debris in northern Australia — WWF-Australia
http://wwf.org.au/ourwork/oceans/debris/

Oceanic Defense - Activation Through Education
http://www.oceanicdefense.org/index.html

Project AWARE Actions
http://projectaware.wordpress.com/

reefED - Educate to keep it Great
http://www.reefed.edu.au/home/explorer/hot_topics/marine_debris

Sea Turtle Foundation – Turtles for Tomorrow » Marine Debris
http://www.seaturtlefoundation.org/threats/human/threats-rubbish/

Sustainable Coastlines
http://www.sustainablecoastlines.org/Kia_Ora/Welcome/Welcome.html

Waitemata Harbour Clean-Up Trust
http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/ourpar/whct.asp

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Clean Coast Project

Clean Coast Project: Facts and Fifures

Clean Coast Index (a tool for beach cleanliness assessment)

Aim of the Project: Cleaning up Israel’s open,
undeclared beaches – with no lifeguards and
no swimming – and keeping them clean.

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Website-Coastal Care.org

The website contains good summary on plastic marine debris and its impacts.

Contamination of the marine environment from land-based sources

Contamination of the marine environment from land-based sources
Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 25, Issues 1-4, 1992, Pages 32-36
H.L. Windom

Seven major categories of contaminants from land have perceived and/or real adverse effects on the coastal marine environment. Heavy metals, although perceived by the public to be a major contaminant of the marine environment, pose little threat on a global scale. Although sewage discharges, litter and oil spills constitute significant threats to the marine environment, their sources, fates and environmental effects are understood well enough to develop management strategies. Problems exist regarding those contaminants where management strategies have not been implemented. In the case of anthropogenically mobilized sediments, synthetic organic compounds, and nutrients, there is insufficient scientific information on the interrelationship between sources, transport, fates and effects to allow for development of management strategies for these contaminants, short of total source control.
Based on trends in world population growth, and global production and use of pesticides and fertilizers, it is concluded that nutrients, synthetic organic compounds and sewage pose the greatest present and future threat to the marine environment.

credit: ScienceDirect.com

Coastal and Marine-Related Issues (List of articles)

Coastal and Marine-Related Issues (List of articles)

Bewers J. M. And P. G. Wells (1992) Challenges For Improved Marine Environmental Protection. Marine Pollution Bulletin 25(1-4): 112-117



Brodie J. E., C. Arnould, L. Eldredge, L. Hammond, P. Holthus, D. Mowbray and P. Tortell (1990) State Of The Marine Environment In The South Pacific Region. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 127



Garrett C. (1992) Oceanographic And Modelling Considerations In Marine Environmental Protection. Marine Pollution Bulletin 25(1-4): 41-44



GESAMP (IMO/FAO/UNESCO-IOC/WMO/WHO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection) (1990) The State of the Environment. Reports and Studies GESAMP No. 39. UNEP, Nairobi.



GESAMP (IMO/FAO/UNESCO-IOC/WMO/WHO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection) (1994) Anthropogenic Influences on Sediment Discharge to the Coastal Zone and Environmental Consequences. Reports and Studies GESAMP No. 52. UNESCO, Paris.



GESAMP (IMO/FAO/UNESCO-IOC/WMO/WHO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection) (1998) Report of the Twenty-eighth Session of GESAMP, Geneva, 20-24 April 1998. GESAMP (Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection) Reports and Studies GESAMP No. 66. Geneva



Goldberg E., D. (1995) Emerging Problems In The Coastal Zone For The Twenty-First Century. Marine Pollution Bulletin (4-12): 152-158



Gray J. S. (1992) Biological And Ecological Effects Of Marine Pollutants And Their Detection. Marine Pollution Bulletin 25(1-4): 48-50



Heywood W. D. and B. Kjerfve (1999) Hydrological and oceanographic considerations for Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Southern Belize. Environmental Management 2: 229-245



Mcintyre A. D. (1992) The Current State Of The Oceans. Marine Pollution Bulletin 25(1-4): 28-31



Muller-Karger F. E. (1992) Remote Sensing Of Marine Pollution: A Challenge For The 1990’s. Marine Pollution Bulletin 25(1-4): 54-60



Pilcher N. J. (1999) Cement Dust As A Cause Of Sea Turtle Hatchling Mortality At Ras Baridi, Saudi Arabia. Marine Pollution Bulletin 38(11): 966-969



Ricketts P. J. (1992) Current Approaches in Geographic Information Systems for Coastal Management. Marine Pollution Bulletin 25(1-4): 82-87



Thompson W. E. And S. W. Ross (1999) A Water Quality Habitat Mapping System With Applications For Estuarine Monitoring, Impact Assessment And Management. Estuarine Research Federation Conference '99, New Orleans.



UNEP (1991) Regional Cooperation On Environmental Protection Of The Marine And Coastal Areas Of The Pacific Basin. UNEP Regional Seas Reports And Studies No. 134



UNEP (1992) Environmental problems affecting the marine and coastal environment in the wider Caribbean region. UNEP (OCA)/ CAR IG.9/ INF.5



UNEP (1994) Regional overview of land-based sources of pollution in the wider Caribbean region. Caribbean Environment Programme Technical Report 33. UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme, Kingston



Windom H. L. (1992) Contamination Of The Marine Environment From Land-Based Sources. Marine Pollution Bulletin 25(1-4): 32-36



Yap H. T. (1992) Marine Environmental Problems. Experiences Of Developing Regions. Marine Pollution Bulletin 25(1-4): 37-40