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Title
Pollution in the open oceans: a review of assessments and related studies
Title (original)
Pollution in the open oceans: a review of assessments and related studies
Description
This report was prepared as a contribution to the Assessment of Assessments (AoA) start-up phase for a UN Regular Process for the Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socio-Economic Aspects, launched in 2005. It responds to a request from the Group of Experts, established to conduct the AoA, for GESAMP to examine the assessment landscape for pollution of the open oceans by shipping and through the atmosphere. It includes a section focused on marine debris.
Authors
GESAMP
Publication year
2009
Resource type
Reports
Language
English
Areas of knowledge
Monitoring of marine litter
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2

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