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Sources, Fate and Effects of Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Global Assessment

dc.contributor.authorJoint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution)
dc.coverage.spatialGlobal
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-11T20:14:07Z
dc.date.available2016-10-11T20:14:07Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/9545
dc.descriptionThe GESAMP assessment focuses on a category of plastic debris termed ‘microplastics’. These small pieces of plastic may enter the ocean as such, or may result from the fragmentation of larger items through the influence of UV radiation. Section 1 provides an introduction to the problem of microplastics in the marine environment, and the rationale for the assessment. The principal purpose of the assessment is to provide an improved evidence base, to support policy and management decisions on measures that might be adopted to reduce the input of microplastics to the oceans. The GESAMP assessment can be considered as contributing to a more formal Assessment Framework, such as the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact- Response (DPSIR) Assessment Framework, which is introduced in Section 2.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherInternational Maritime Organization (IMO)
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectmicroplasticen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental assessmenten_US
dc.subjectnatural resourceen_US
dc.subjectnatural resource conservationen_US
dc.subjectsustainable developmenten_US
dc.subjectlanden_US
dc.subjectland management and planningen_US
dc.subjectland developmenten_US
dc.subjectland pollutionen_US
dc.subjectland useen_US
dc.subjectland conservationen_US
dc.subjectecosystemen_US
dc.subjectmanagement of natural resourceen_US
dc.subjectcoast protectionen_US
dc.subjectcoastal areaen_US
dc.subjectcoastal ecosystemen_US
dc.subjectcoastal environmenten_US
dc.subjectcoastal pollutionen_US
dc.subjectcoastal wateren_US
dc.subjectmarine conservation areaen_US
dc.subjectmarine ecosystemen_US
dc.subjectmarine faunaen_US
dc.subjectmarine environmenten_US
dc.subjectmarine pollutionen_US
dc.subjectland-based marine pollutionen_US
dc.subjectsea resourceen_US
dc.subjectsea water protectionen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental managementen_US
dc.subjectwaste analysisen_US
dc.subjectwaste collectionen_US
dc.subjectwaste treatmenten_US
dc.subjectwaste disposalen_US
dc.subjectwaste dumpingen_US
dc.subjectwaste legislationen_US
dc.subjectwaste managementen_US
dc.subjectwaste preventionen_US
dc.subjectwaste recyclingen_US
dc.titleSources, Fate and Effects of Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Global Assessment
dc.typeReports, Books and Bookletsen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 14 - Life Below Wateren_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingen_US
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000048
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000037


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