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The UK National Oceanography Centre (NOC), has launched a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Addressing Marine Ecosystems and Food Security. In this online course, you will journey to the Western Indian Ocean alongside experts at the UK’s National Oceanography Centre to learn how they measure and monitor the oceans in order to better protect them.

GPML Digital Platform

Towards a digital multi-stakeholder platform for marine litter and microplastics

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Ocean Heroes Network (cofounded by Captain Planet Foundation and Lonely Whale) is collaborating with Caribbean youth and NGOs to launch the first ever REGIONAL Ocean Heroes Bootcamp with the goal of engaging youth from across the Caribbean to develop campaigns for the health of our ocean and the Caribbean Sea. 

Join our next GPML webinar: “Towards a GPML Digital Platform”. This webinar will offer a high-level overview of the forthcoming GPML Digital Platform, as well as an opportunity to discuss multi-stakeholder functionalities, the data aspects and to share feedback.

Date: 10 December 2020

Visit our new online online repository and interactive dashboard. These tools showcase existing activities by different stakeholders, to reduce marine litter and microplastics. More than 220 initiatives have already been captured.

Moving forward this will be a key part of the GPML Digital Platform. 

The Reef-World Foundation – the international coordinator of the UN Environment Programme’s Green Fins initiative – has launched new Green Fins cleanup guidelines to help dive and snorkel operators organise and host environmentally friendly coastal cleanups.

24-26 November 2020

SEA of Solutions is an annually occurring partnership event towards solving plastic pollution at source, convened by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA), through the SEA circular project supported by the Government of Sweden. This year’s SEA of Solutions 2020 will be organized in collaboration with the government of Viet Nam.

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) — Global Environment Facility (GEF) Project “Addressing Marine Plastics: A Systemic Approach” invites you to a virtual launch of the new report “Addressing Marine Plastics: A Roadmap to a Circular Economy.”

Watch the Mediterranean Regional Node's webinar on “The Impact of COVID-19 on the Increase of Plastic Waste in the Mediterranean" here.  

Speakers:

Daniela Tulone, Ph.D. Founder and President, ecoSurge, Italy

Dr. Eva Alessi Head, Sustainable Consumption and Natural Resources, WWF Italy

Francois Galgani, Project Manager, Ifremer, France

Request for expression of interest: A review of marine plastic litter in the WIO region

Join the next Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Marine Litter! The MOOC was developed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Open Universiteit of the Netherlands, as a key activity of the Global Partnership on Marine Litter (GPML).

 The National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) have conducted an extensive review of nearly 400 scientific publications on marine plastic pollution in 13 countries in South East and East Asia. The review includes a comprehensive report of published plastic pollution research, policies and initiatives in ASEAN+3 as well as a searchable database of research and a series of graphics. It is the first review and database of its kind for the region.

On the 14th of July, UNEP and The Global Partnership on Marine Litter (GPML) hosted a High-Level Political Forum side-event on Engaging Industry through the Global Partnership on Marine Litter to deliver SDG14. The online event highlighted the need for accelerated and concerted action and demonstrated examples of industry engagement through transformative pathways. 11 speakers from various sectors took part in the event, which was watched by 164 people. You can watch it below;