1. Civil society as driving force in tackling marine litter issues
Informal Meeting of EU
Water and Marine Directors
Riga, 26 May 2015
Jānis Ulme, FEE Latvia

2. How it started

4. «My Sea» Carrying up the work
500 km
30 days
Everyone invited to join – at least for a day!
Experience, enjoy, learn, communicate

5. Research and leadership in marine litter issue in Latvia
39 marine litter monitoring sites
5 seasonal monitoring sites
UNEP IOI Marine litter protocol
3 year most comprehensive data line in BSR
Monitoring + clean-up
1500 GPS of waste load and anthropogenic factors

6. Marine litter as communication tool with indicator value
Enthusiasm of people involved
Data is needed to make right decisions
Why?
Touch with reality helps for broader perspective
Marine litter – indicator for stakeholder cooperation
Something is completely wrong with plastics cycle
Results accumulate in common DB
Analysis confirm similarities with other seas, though differences exist
What’s done?
Data as basis to further initiatives - BLASTIC
Adaptation to EU protocol as of this year
Data extensively used by institutions

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