{"id":30879,"date":"2014-10-12T22:20:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T20:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/2014\/10\/12\/drowning-in-plastic\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T22:25:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T21:25:24","slug":"drowning-in-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/en\/nonresearch-en\/2014\/drowning-in-plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Drowning in plastic"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unric.org\/en\/latest-un-buzz\/29441-unep-sounds-alarm-bell-on-plastic-waste\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.unric.org\/en\/latest-un-buzz\/29441-unep-sounds-alarm-bell-on-plastic-waste<\/a>\n\nDrowning in plastic\n\nThursday, 02 October 2014 08:28\n\n2 October 2014 - The threat of the increasing amount of garbage in the\nworld?s oceans is a ?tremendous challenge?, threatening the planet?s\nmarine ecosystems with the potential for ?significant socio-economic\nconsequences,? states United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).\n\nIn the final day of the 16th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas\nConventions and Action Plans, held in Athens, Greece, scientists,\npolicymakers and delegates gathered amid growing global concern over the\naccumulation of plastic waste in oceans and seas ? a problem that could\npose an estimated $13 billion in damage to marine life and habitats, and\nwhich demands a comprehensive remedy.\n\nAddressing the meeting, Jacqueline Alder, Coordinator of UNEP?s\nFreshwater and Marine Ecosystem Branch, applauded the creation of a\n?visioning roadmap? seeking to chart a way forward for oceans governance\nin the coming decade, particularly in the areas of extraction,\ngovernance, impacts of a changing climate, ocean acidification, and\npollution.\n\n?Making change related to ocean governance or management, especially\nwhere the issues are transboundary, takes many years,? stated Ms. Alder.\n?Having the roadmap will keep all of us here, and those that follow us,\nfocused on the outcomes we need to achieve in the coming decades.?\n\nThe meeting generated broad agreement among experts and policymakers\nregarding the issue of microplastics ? tiny pieces of plastic less than\none millimetre in size ? which, they said, deserved more attention in\norder to better grasp their physical and biological impact on the marine\necosystems they pollute.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.unric.org\/en\/latest-un-buzz\/29441-unep-sounds-alarm-bell-on-plastic-waste Drowning in plastic Thursday, 02 October 2014 08:28 2 October 2014 &#8211; The threat of the increasing amount of garbage in the world?s oceans is a ?tremendous challenge?, threatening the planet?s marine ecosystems with the potential for ?significant socio-economic consequences,? states United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). In the final day of the 16th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans, held in Athens, Greece, scientists, policymakers and delegates gathered amid growing global concern over the accumulation of plastic waste in oceans and seas ? a problem that could pose an estimated $13 billion in damage to marine life and habitats, and which demands a comprehensive remedy. Addressing the meeting, Jacqueline Alder, Coordinator of UNEP?s Freshwater and Marine Ecosystem Branch, applauded the creation of a ?visioning roadmap? seeking to chart a way forward for oceans governance in the coming decade, particularly in the areas of extraction, governance, impacts of a changing climate, ocean acidification, and pollution. ?Making change related to ocean governance or management, especially where the issues are transboundary, takes many years,? stated Ms. Alder. ?Having the roadmap will keep all of us here, and those that follow us, focused on the outcomes we need to achieve in the coming decades.? The meeting generated broad agreement among experts and policymakers regarding the issue of microplastics ? tiny pieces of plastic less than one millimetre in size ? which, they said, deserved more attention in order to better grasp their physical and biological impact on the marine ecosystems they pollute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3504,3546,3488],"tags":[1585,1445],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Drowning in plastic - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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