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    Guideline for Monitoring Marine Litter on the Beaches in the OSPAR Maritime Area. Edition 1.0.

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    Date
    2010
    Author
    Wenneker, Barbara
    Oosterbaan, Lex
    Corporate Author
    Intersessional Correspondence Group on Marine Litter (ICGML)
    Status
    Published
    Pages
    15pp. & Annexes
    
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    Abstract
    A guideline for monitoring marine litter on beaches has been developed by OSPAR as a tool to collect data on litter in the marine environment. This tool has been designed to generate data on marine litter according to a standardized methodology. A uniform way of monitoring allows for regional interpretation of the litter situation in the OSPAR area and comparisons between regions. The guideline has been designed in such a way that all OSPAR countries can participate, bearing in mind adequate quality assurance of the data generated. It is based on the method developed during the OSPAR pilot project 2000- 2006 and complimented with information derived from UNEP’s own realisation of a worldwide guideline. The data collected according to the OSPAR guideline can be fed into the UNEP programme as the methods are compatible......
    Resource URL
    https://www.ospar.org/
    Publisher
    OSPAR Commission
    London, UK
    Document Language
    en
    Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
    14.1
    Best Practice Type
    Manual (incl. handbook, guide, cookbook etc)
    Spatial Coverage
    Northeast Atlantic
    Arctic Region
    North Sea
    Celtic Sea
    Iberian coast waters
    Bay of Biscay
    ISBN
    90 3631 973 9
    Citation
    Wenneker, B.; Oosterbaan, L. and Intersessional Correspondence Group on Marine Litter (ICGML) (2010) Guideline for Monitoring Marine Litter on the Beaches in the OSPAR Maritime Area. Edition 1.0. London, UK, OSPAR Commission, 15pp. & Annexes. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-968
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/11329/1466
    http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-968
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