Arctic Marine Litter Workshop
Akureyri – Iceland
The Arctic Marine Litter Workshop was hosted by PAME, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Municipality of Akureyri.
The goal was to facilitate inputs to the development of PAME’s Desktop Study on Marine Litter including Microplastics in the Arctic, taking into account new developments and information as relevant. The desktop study will be released at the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting in May, 2019.
Workshop summary:
Summary report
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Workshop agenda:
Final agenda
Participants:
List of participants (as of May 29th)
For presenters:
Context and Guidence document for Presenters
Workshop documents:
- Marine Litter Desktop Study 1st draft 11 May 2018 (clean version)
- Section III - Tables
- Arctic Marine Litter Project Plan
Background documents:
- Marine Litter Desktop Study 1st draft 11 May 2018 (track changes version)
- Response to written comments from Kingdom of Denmark, Norway, Italy, AIA and China
Aim of workshop:
To facilitate inputs to the
development of the desktop study, taking into account new developments and information as relevant.
Expected outcome:
- Summary Workshop report
- Inputs and next steps for the development of the desktop study
Presentations:
Session I: Opening
- Co-leads presentation (Iceland, Norway, Sweden, AIA, OSPAR)
Session II: Main Legislative Frameworks
- Demian Schane (NOAA)
- Heidi Savelli (UNEP)
Session III: Marine Litter Literature
- Joan Fabres (Grid-Arendal)
- Geir Gabrielsen (Norwegian Polar Institute)
- Sarah Da Silva (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
- Demian Schane (on behalf of Whit Sheard (CCU)
- Wouter-Jan Strietman (Wag
eningen Economic Research)- Jessica Veldstra (AIA)
- Maria Granberg (Swedish Environmental Research Institute)
- Peter Murphy (NOAA Marine Debris Program)
- Nicole Kanayurak (ICC)
- Melanie Bergmann (Alfred Wegener Institute)
- Hrönn Ólína Jörundsdóttir (MATÍS)
- Heidi Savelli (UNEP)
- Charlotte Mogensen (OSPAR)
- Bård Aarbakke (Clean Nordic Oceans)
- Sarah Auffret (AECO)
- Lu Zhibo (Tongji University)
Photos
Photos from the Workshop
Click here to read more about the Arctic Marine Litter project on the PAME website.
PAME gratefully acknowledges the support from the Nordic Council of Ministers to its Marine litter work.