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http:\/\/www.unep.org\/newscentre\/Default.aspx?DocumentID=2796&ArticleID=11003&l=en<\/a>\n\nLeading Experts and Policymakers Meet to Form Action Plan to Stop Rapid\nDegradation of Worlds Seas and Oceans\n\nma, sep 29, 2014\n\nMeeting a Search for Solutions to Escalating Crises of Plastic Debris in\nOceans and Catastrophic Destruction of Carbon Rich Mangroves, among others\n\nAthens, Greece 29 September 2014 - Plastic debris in the ocean,\ncollapsing fish stocks, ocean acidification, and the destruction of\ncarbon rich mangroves, are just some of the topics that will be hotly\ndebated today at the 16th Global Meeting of the Regional Seas\nConventions and Action Plans, as policymakers and leading scientists\nconvene to form a new roadmap for the conservation and sustainable use\nof the world's increasingly threatened oceans.\n\nThe three day meeting is being held at a time when concern is growing\nworldwide over the threat that widespread plastic waste poses to marine\nlife, with conservative estimates of the overall financial damage of\nplastics to marine ecosystems standing at US$13 billion each year,\naccording to UNEP research.\n\nThis concern is set to intensify when findings from a new report to be\npublished by UNEP today at the Regional Seas Meeting will set out in\ndetail the multi-billion dollar losses that are being incurred by\ndeveloping country economies as carbon-rich mangroves continue to be\nlost at rates 3 - 5 times greater than average rates of forest loss.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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The three day meeting is being held at a time when concern is growing worldwide over the threat that widespread plastic waste poses to marine life, with conservative estimates of the overall financial damage of plastics to marine ecosystems standing at US$13 billion each year, according to UNEP research. This concern is set to intensify when findings from a new report to be published by UNEP today at the Regional Seas Meeting will set out in detail the multi-billion dollar losses that are being incurred by developing country economies as carbon-rich mangroves continue to be lost at rates 3 – 5 times greater than average rates of forest loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3504,3488],"tags":[2438],"yoast_head":"\nLeading Experts and Policymakers Meet to Form Action Plan to Stop Rapid Degradation of Worlds Seas and Oceans - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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