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Title
Solutions to Plastics in the Ocean - the Baltic and Beyond
Title (original)
Solutions to Plastics in the Ocean - the Baltic and Beyond
Description
Summary of a Symposium 13–14 June 2019, arranged by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ Environment and Energy Committee and IUCN. This symposium brought together researchers and experts to exchange knowledge about microplastics in marine environments regarding distribution, degradation and toxicity as well as assessments and managements of risks. Possible solutions and ways forward were identified within the topics: toxicity; human health & ocean plastics and bioengineered solutions; and microbial and fungal enzymatic degradation.
Authors
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ Environment and Energy Committee and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Publication year
2019
Resource type
Other
Language
English
Areas of knowledge
Microplastics
Mapping of marine litter
Number of links to resource
2