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.

Microscopic Plastics_Research Project Proposal

Reasearch Project Proposal_Do microplastic fragments present a hazard to marine life?
Richard C Thompson and Steve J Rowland, University of Plymouth UK



Marine Litter, Microscopic plastics KIMO International Web page

Beach Cleanups & Campaigns - Worldwide summary

Beach Cleanups & Campaigns - Worldwide summary

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