UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Plastic Pollution Joan Fabres - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Plastic Pollution Joan Fabres Presentation to UArctic Council 4 September 2018

Arctic Plastic Pollution • Sources • Land-based & sea-based • Local & distant • Pathways and distribution • Impacts of plastic pollution • Biota, habitats & ecosystems • Economies, people & culture • Responses • Policy • Actions and solutions

Members & experts • GRID-Arendal Joan Fabres • UiT The Arctic University of Norway Kriss Rokkan Iversen • Århus University Jakob Strand • Alfred-Wegener Insitute Melanie Bergmann • University of Akureyri Ásta Margrét Ásmundsdóttir • Aleut International Association Liza Mack • IES- Kola Science Centre RAS Ludmila Ivanova • CNR-ISMAR Stefano Aliani

Goals and benefits • Networking, knowledge exchange and cooperation: • Across boundaries • Across disciplines • Collaborate with other Thematic Networks • Arctic WASH • Arctic Coastal Communities for Sustainability • Arctic Fisheries and Aquaculture • Support the work of the Arctic Council • Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) • Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP)

Planned activities • Compendium of circum-polar research on plastic pollution • International conference on Arctic plastic pollution • Developing synergies with other groups to organise: • events (or side-events to bigger events) & • workshops on this topic (or certain detailed aspects) • Identification of funding sources/calls for joint research proposals • Development of specialized university courses • Knowledge exchange & citizen science program with coastal communities

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