Marine debris Archives - EU4OceanObs https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/tag/marine-debris/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:21:24 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/favicon-66x66.png Marine debris Archives - EU4OceanObs https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/tag/marine-debris/ 32 32 Moving forward with a Global Plastics Treaty https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/moving-forward-with-a-global-plastics-treaty/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:19:12 +0000 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/?p=6514 Plastic is an amazing material. It’s relatively cheap to produce, lightweight, flexible, yet strong and durable. Additives can give colour, enhance its resistance to heat or UV light, make it flame-retardant, and more. Today, plastics are everywhere - in healthcare, construction, and consumer goods, to name a few. However, plastics have also become an ecological [...]

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]]> Supporting a global observing system for marine debris: the IMDOS initiative https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/building-a-global-observing-system-for-marine-debris-the-imdos-initiative/ Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:31:34 +0000 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/?p=5448 by harmonising data, standardising monitoring methods, leveraging technology, and harnessing the power of a global community, the Integrated Marine Debris Observing System (IMDOS) aims to support and strengthen marine debris research and inform action to this growing global concern.

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]]> International Marine Debris Data Harmonization Workshop https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/event/international-marine-debris-data-harmonization-workshop/ Tue, 29 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/?post_type=tribe_events&p=5442 The overall goal of this international technical workshop is to enhance the level of data including associated metadata identification to support global data harmonization for selected key marine debris indicators that will underpin the successful mitigation of plastic pollution. The workshop will present the state of the art when it comes to harmonization of monitoring [...]

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]]> 7th International Marine Debris Conference https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/event/7th-international-marine-debris-conference/ Sun, 18 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/?post_type=tribe_events&p=4607 The conference will bring together governments, industry, academia, civil society, and all relevant stakeholders, to discuss the latest science, strengthen collaborations and find solutions to address the urgent, global problem of marine litter and plastic pollution.

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]]> Integrating Marine Litter Monitoring to Inform Action https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/event/marine-litter-monitoring-to-inform-action/ Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/?post_type=tribe_events&p=4292 The event builds on the UN Decade “Clean Ocean” Satellite activity One Integrated Marine Debris Observing System (IMDOS), and will focus on the need for monitoring marine litter as a global instrument to tackle global pollution.

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]]> GEO Blue Planet Symposium 2022 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/event/geo-blue-planet-symposium-2022/ Mon, 24 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/?post_type=tribe_events&p=4219 This year's Sdymposium is specifically geared towards improving GEO Blue Planet’s engagement with African nations in an effort to expand the Earth observation community of practice, strengthen local capacity and provide access to resources, tools and services.

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]]> One Integrated Marine Debris Observing System for a clean and healthy ocean https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/integrated_marine_debris_observation/ Fri, 26 Nov 2021 20:19:44 +0000 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/?p=3843 An official satellite activity of the UN Ocean Decade Lab "A clean ocean", the event attracted more than 200 partipants from 46 countries. Experts from different sectors and fields came together to share their knowledge and discuss the growing threat and multidimensional problem of marine debris to marine ecosystems, and ocean and coastal users.

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]]> One Integrated Marine Debris Observing System https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/event/one-integrated-marine-debris-observing-system-side-event-to-un-ocean-decade-a-clean-ocean-lab/ Wed, 17 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/?post_type=tribe_events&p=3597 Official Satellite Activity of the 3rd UN Ocean Decade "a Clean Ocean" Laboratory

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]]> Tackling marine plastic at the UN Science-Policy-Business Forum https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/tackling-marine-plastic-pollution-at-the-un-science-policy-business-forum/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 08:43:50 +0000 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/?p=2236 The GEO Blue Planet EU Office participated in the session on Marine Litter and Microplastics Mitigation and Prevention, co-hosted by the Global Partnership on Marine Litter, during the UN Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment on 19 Feb.

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