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REPORT OUTLINE

Outline for the World Ocean Assessment I (the first report of the
Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the
Marine Environment, including Socio-economic Aspects)

A guide for authors contributing to the World Ocean Assessment may be
found here.

http://www.un.org/depts/los/global_reporting/Outline_of_the_First_Global_Integrated_Marine_Assessment.pdf

Chapter 25
Marine debris

25.A. The multiple causes of marine debris, including lack of controls
on landbased disposal of waste, lack of management of beach litter and
ship-generated litter, and the scale and distribution of the problem.

25.B. Approaches to combating marine debris ? range of application ?
cases where progress has been made.

25.C. Identify gaps in capacity to control marine debris and to assess
the environmental, social and economic aspects of marine debris.