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NOWPAP RAP MALI
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The NOWPAP Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter (RAP MALI) has been implemented
since March 2008 right after the approval by the four member states, as
a major outcome of the two-year project called the NOWPAP Marine Litter
Activity (MALITA) carried out from November 2005 to the end of 2007. RAP
MALI is the second phase of NOWPAP marine litter activities and consists
of three key elements:
- prevention of marine litter
input to the marine and coastal environment;
- monitoring of marine litter
quantities and distribution; and
- removal of existing marine
litter and its disposal.
In the NOWPAP region, marine litter issues will be continuously addressed
through RAP MALI as a part of the NOWPAP programme of work, together with
other environmental issues such as oil spills and harmful algal blooms.
Most of the RAP MALI activities are being implemented at the national level,
in cooperation with local governments and authorities in the NOWPAP countries.
A brief summary of the activities carried out in 2012-13, 2010-11 and 2008-09
biennia is presented below.
The following activities have been carried out in 2012-2013:
- Three projects sponsored by GPA will be completed in 2013: a national report
on China’s environmental NGOs role in marine litter control; a report on
best practices in dealing with marine litter in fisheries, aquaculture
and shipping; a report on measure and best practices for prevention of
marine litter input from land-based sources.
- Negative impacts of marine litter—a case study report in the NOWPAP region
has being finalized. (http://merrac.nowpap.org/ >>activities>>marine litter>>damage case)
- 2012 NOWPAP International Coastal Cleanup campaign and workshop on marine
litter management on 17-18 July 2012 in Vladivostok, Russia.
- Working meeting on 18 July 2012 in Vladivostok, Russia, to review and discuss
the implementation of the activities listed in NOWPAP RAP MALI workplan
for 2010-2011 and 2012-2013.
The report on Port Reception Facilities in the NOWPAP Region (2nd edition)
was prepared and distributed.
(http://merrac.nowpap.org/ >>publication>>technical report)
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In 2010-2011, the following activities were carried out:
Countries have been continuously monitoring marine litter and the monitoring results (including the International Coastal Cleanup) are available.
During this period, the following overviews have been updated and distributed (based on the national inputs).
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Marine litter guidelines for tourists and tour operators has been updated,
and various pamphlets on marine litter have been prepared:
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A report on negative impact of marine litter is being compiled and
will be available in 2012. |
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According to the RAP MALI,
the following activities have been carried out in 2008-2009:
Sectoral guidelines developed during the MALITA implementation were translated
into the national languages of the NOWPAP member states, in cooperation
with the Regional Activity Centers and the Marine Litter National Focal
Points, and distributed as widely as possible.
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Two NOWPAP ICC campaigns were organized in September 2008 in Dalian, People’s
Republic of China and in Vladivostok, Russian Federation, respectively,
in addition to the annual national International Coastal Cleanup (ICC)
campaigns held in Japan and the Republic of Korea.
Two workshops on marine
litter were held in September 2008 in China and Russia, respectively. Prior to
the NOWPAP ICC campaign in Dalian, China, a workshop on marine litter
prevention and control was organized on 12 September 2008 with financial
support from the government of China. Similarly, in Russia, a training workshop
was organized on 26 September 2008 in Vladivostok with financial support from
the government of Japan, to illustrate how to organize the annual ICC
campaigns, including data collection ad management.
A working meeting was
conveyed, back-to-back with the training workshop and the ICC campaign, on 28
September 2009 in Vladivostok, Russia, to discuss the current progress on the implementation
of RAP MALI and future activities.
NOWPAP marine litter
database developed during the MALITA project by DINRAC was updated using the
results of the national marine litter monitoring programmes and the ICC
campaigns of the member states.
National summaries
(prepared initially during the MALITA implementation) on legal instruments,
institutional arrangements and programmes related to marine litter, including
solid waste management, integrated coastal and river basin management, and
market-based economic incentives were updated and compiled into a regional
overview.
Several technical reports
and brochures were published by MERRAC and CEARAC, some information can be
found at the following websites:
http://dinrac.nowpap.org/publications.php?item=Marine
Litter&var=topic&topic_code=b&topic=Marine Litter
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Information on national activities dealing with the marine litter problem was reviewed periodically and posted at the NOWPAP website. |
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