Protected Shores Contaminated with Plastic: From Knowledge to Action

Juan Baztan; Bethany Jorgensen; Jean Paul Vanderlinden; Sabine Pahl; Richard Thompson; Ana Carrasco; Aquilino Miguelez; Thierry Huck; Joaquim Garrabou; Elisabetta Broglio; Omer Chouinard; Céline Surette; Philippe Soudant; Arnaud Huvet; François Galgani; Ika Paul-Pont

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-802748-6.00011-5

Protected Shores Contaminated with Plastic: From Knowledge to Action

Juan Baztan^*, Bethany Jorgensen, Jean Paul Vanderlinden, Sabine Pahl, Richard Thompson, Ana Carrasco, Aquilino Miguelez, Thierry Huck, Joaquim Garrabou, Elisabetta Broglio, Omer Chouinard, Céline Surette, Philippe Soudant, Arnaud Huvet, François Galgani, Ika Paul-Pont

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Abstract

As the rate of plastic production increases globally, we see the problem of plastic debris in oceans and coastal zones also increasing, even in areas under rigorous environmental protection. Drawing from a case study situated within the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, this chapter shares the example of an ongoing, collaborative partnership between community members, researchers, and decision makers, working together to confront the problem of plastic pollution locally. Since plastic debris is a complex global issue, it cannot be resolved at the local level alone. Here we also introduce a burgeoning regional working group, Communities-Based Observatories Tackling Marine Litter (COASTAL). The goal of COASTAL is to coordinate community-based efforts underway to address plastic pollution at various sites within the larger North Atlantic-Mediterranean system, and thereby expand our understanding of the plastic debris problem, and its potential solutions, at regional and local scales.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Coastal Zones
Subtitle of host publication	Solutions for the 21st Century
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	185-195
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128027592
ISBN (Print)	9780128027486
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-802748-6.00011-5
Publication status	Published - 10 Jun 2015

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General Environmental Science

Keywords

Coastal zones
Community-based
Knowledge-to-action
Marine litter
Plastic pollution

UN SDGs

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Baztan, J., Jorgensen, B., Vanderlinden, J. P., Pahl, S., Thompson, R., Carrasco, A., Miguelez, A., Huck, T., Garrabou, J., Broglio, E., Chouinard, O., Surette, C., Soudant, P., Huvet, A., Galgani, F., & Paul-Pont, I. (2015). Protected Shores Contaminated with Plastic: From Knowledge to Action. In Coastal Zones: Solutions for the 21st Century (pp. 185-195). Elsevier Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-802748-6.00011-5

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