http://www.unep.org/pdf/CMS-Op-Ed-on-Marine-Debris22May2014.pdf

The Ugly Truth about Garbage and Island Biodiversity

This year International Day of Biological Diversity (22 May) focuses on
islands. Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretary of the Convention on the
Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals discusses the impact
of the growing problem of marine debris on islands? wildlife and the
economic and environmental consequences.