Marine Plastics EOV and common sampling protocol: EuroSea Deliverable D1.5.
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2022Author
Palacz, Artur
Telszewski, Maciej
Tanhua, Toste
Heslop, Emma
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This deliverable report describes the process of establishing global coordination for sustained observations of marine plastics debris as a new type of Essential Ocean Variable (EOV) which is the first in a new class of EOVs which help the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) address the need to monitor human impacts on the ocean as mandated by the GOOS 2030 Strategy. In this document we report on the EuroSea efforts to implement a community vision for an Integrated Marine Debris Observing System (IMDOS) as a new element of the GOOS, following EuroSea’s Action Plan for establishing global coordination of marine plastics debris observations which was published as a milestone report in the beginning stages of the project.
Major accomplishments in implementing the Action Plan are reported, with emphasis on the development of long-term partnerships and collaborations between several international organizations, institutions, expert working groups and other key stakeholder groups responsib.....
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https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/57193/Publisher
EuroSea ProjectDocument Language
enSustainable Development Goals (SDG)
14.1Essential Ocean Variables (EOV)
Marine debrisMaturity Level
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https://doi.org/10.3289/eurosea_d1.5Citation
Palacz, A., Telszewski, M., Tanhua,T. and Heslop, E. (2022) Marine Plastics EOV and common sampling protocol: EuroSea Deliverable D1.5. EuroSea Project, 32pp. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3289/eurosea_d1.5Collections
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