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Is It All About the Data? How Extruded Polystyrene Escaped Single-Use Plastic Directive Market Restrictions

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
The Single-Use Plastics Directive (EU) 72/2019/904 is the main legislation governing plastic pollution, inclusive of marine plastic pollution in the European Union (EU).
María Del Camino Troya, Orla-Peach Power, Kathrin Kopke   +2 more
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A typology of stakeholders and guidelines for engagement in transdisciplinary, participatory processes

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016
This paper presents a typology of stakeholders for effective participatory processes and co-design of solutions to complex social-environmental issues and a roadmap stepwise methodology for balanced and productive stakeholder engagement.
Alice Newton, Alice Newton, Michael Elliott   +2 more
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Integrated chemical status of the Italian marine waters sensu Descriptor 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
The European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) required Member States to define the concept of Good Environmental Status (GES) of their marine waters in quantitative terms and to achieve it through the assessment of 11 descriptors by 2020. ISPRA
Chiara Maggi, Maria Teresa Berducci, Bianca Di Lorenzo, Serena Lomiri, Francesco Venti   +4 more
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The Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool: a digital tool to increase the discoverability and usability of plankton time-series data [PDF]

Earth System Science Data, 2021
Plankton form the base of the marine food web and are sensitive indicators of environmental change. Plankton time series are therefore an essential part of monitoring progress towards global biodiversity goals, such as the Convention on Biological ...
C. Ostle, K. Paxman, C. A. Graves, M. Arnold, L. F. Artigas, A. Atkinson, A. Aubert, M. Baptie, B. Bear, J. Bedford, M. Best, E. Bresnan, R. Brittain, D. Broughton, A. Budria, A. Budria, K. Cook, M. Devlin, G. Graham, N. Halliday, P. Hélaouët, M. Johansen, D. G. Johns, D. Lear, M. Machairopoulou, A. McKinney, A. Mellor, A. Milligan, S. Pitois, I. Rombouts, C. Scherer, P. Tett, C. Widdicombe, A. McQuatters-Gollop   +33 more
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Marine spatial planning and Good Environmental Status: a perspective on spatial and temporal dimensions

Ecology and Society, 2015
The European Union Marine Strategy Framework Directive requires the Good Environmental Status of marine environments in Europe's regional seas; yet, maritime activities, including sources of marine degradation, are diversifying and intensifying in an ...
Alison J. Gilbert, Karen Alexander, Rafael Sardá, Raminta Brazinskaite, Christian Fischer, Kira Gee, Mark Jessopp, Peter Kershaw, Hans J. Los, David March Morla, Cathal O'Mahony, Mia Pihlajamäki, Siân Rees, Riku Varjopuro   +13 more
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Mapping and Evaluating Marine Protected Areas and Ecosystem Services: A Transdisciplinary Delphi Forecasting Process Framework

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are an important tool for management and conservation and play an increasingly recognised role in societal and human well-being.
Andrea Belgrano, Andrea Belgrano, Camilla Novaglio, Camilla Novaglio, Henrik Svedäng, Henrik Svedäng, Sebastián Villasante, Carlos J. Melián, Thorsten Blenckner, Ulf Bergström, Andreas Bryhn, Lena Bergström, Valerio Bartolino, Mattias Sköld, Maciej Tomczak, Sofia A. Wikström, Andreas Skriver Hansen, Sebastian Linke, Richard Emmerson, Andrea Morf, Kajsa Tönnesson   +20 more
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Microplastics in seawater: Recommendations from the Marine Strategy Framework Directive implementation process

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016
Microplastic litter is a pervasive pollutant present in marine systems across the globe. The legacy of microplastics pollution in the marine environment today may remain for years to come due to the persistence of these materials.
Jesus Gago, Francois Galgani, Thomas Maes, Richard Thompson   +3 more
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A risk‐based forecast of extreme mortality events in small cetaceans: Using stranding data to inform conservation practice

Conservation Letters, 2019
Effective conservation requires monitoring and pro‐active risk assessments. We studied the effects of at‐sea mortality events (ASMEs) in marine mammals over two decades (1990–2012) and built a risk‐based indicator for the European Union's Marine Strategy
Colin Bouchard, Cameron Bracken, Willy Dabin, Olivier VanCanneyt, Vincent Ridoux, Jérôme Spitz, Matthieu Authier   +6 more
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Rapid policy network mapping: a new method for understanding governance structures for implementation of marine environmental policy.

PLoS ONE, 2011
Understanding the relationships and dependencies in the development and implementation of environmental policy is essential to the effective management of the marine environment.
John Michael Bainbridge, Tavis Potts, Tim Gerard O'Higgins   +2 more
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A transnational marine ecological observatory in the Adriatic Sea to harmonize a fragmented approach to monitoring and conservation

Advances in Oceanography and Limnology, 2021
The design and establishment of Marine Ecological Observatories (MEOs) are fostered at the European level. MEOs should adopt a holistic view, integrating and harmonizing long-term oceanographic and ecological research and monitoring, and increasing ...
Elisabetta Manea, Caterina Bergami, Lucia Bongiorni, Lucilla Capotondi , Elisabeth De Maio, Alessandro Oggioni, Alessandra Pugnetti   +6 more
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