Guidelines for the Monitoring and Assessment of Plastic Litter in the Ocean - GESAMP Reports and Studies No. 99

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dc.contributor.authorJoint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution
dc.contributor.organizationScience Division
dc.contributor.otherKershaw, Peter
dc.contributor.otherTurra, Alexander
dc.contributor.otherGalgani, Francois
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-19T09:40:55Z
dc.date.available2019-09-19T09:40:55Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionThe principal purpose of this report is to provide recommendations, advice and practical guidance, for establishing programmes to monitor and assess the distribution and abundance of plastic1 litter, also referred to as plastic debris, in the ocean. It is a product of the GESAMP Working Group (WG40) on ‘Sources, fate and effects of plastics and microplastics in the marine environment’2, co-led by the Intergovernmental Commission on Oceanography (IOC-UNESCO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The term ‘plastic litter’ is used throughout, but is synonymous with ‘plastic debris’. In some cases the report refers to monitoring strategies and sampling protocols that have been designed for the monitoring of all forms of marine litter (i.e. processed wood, metal, textiles, glass, munitions, and plastics).en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/30009
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number138 p.
dc.publisherUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.relation.ispartofGESAMP Reports and Studies
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectplastic waste
dc.subjectmarine pollution
dc.subjectmicroplastic
dc.subjectenvironmental indicator
dc.subjectsurvey
dc.subjectcitizen science
dc.subject.sdgSDG 14 - Life below Water
dc.titleGuidelines for the Monitoring and Assessment of Plastic Litter in the Ocean - GESAMP Reports and Studies No. 99en
dc.typeCommunication or other resource

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