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Governing plastic waste management in Menorca
In Menorca, plastic waste per capita generation (60 kg/cap/year) is close to the Western Europe average (64 kg/cap year), according to the National Guidance for Plastic Pollution Hotspotting and Shaping Action Report for Menorca. 1 One of the main problems that has been detected in this study is…
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Policy and Legal Recommendations in Menorca
As a result of the previous gap analysis, the Plastic Hotspot Assessment1 and the stakeholders’ consultation, we will hereafter provide a series of recommendations, which will help achieve the targets.
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Plan de acción para la reducción de la contaminación por plásticos en Menorca 2030
Este informe se centra en ofrecer una orientación clara sobre la prevención de los residuos plásticos en Menorca. Tiene la función de servir como plan de acción para los responsables de la toma de decisiones y de las políticas, tanto públicas como privadas, de Menorca.
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Policy and Legal Recommendations in the Republic of Cyprus
As a result of the previous gap analysis, the plastic hotspot assessment and the stakeholders’ consultation, we will hereafter provide a series of recommendations.
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Action Plan to prevent plastic waste in the Republic of Cyprus 2030
The Republic of Cyprus has the highest per-capita plastic waste generation in Europe. Around 8-10% of this plastic is either mismanaged or leaks into the environment. This is due to the fact that the island state in the Mediterranean Sea has a big tourism sector, with up to 4 million tourists on…
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This IUCN economic brief is based on the dissertation “Economic assessment of a deposit refund system, an instrument for the implementation of a circular economy solution to reduce plastic waste in Menorca, Spain”, developed in fulfilment of International Master of Science in Sustainable and…
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Plastic Waste Free Islands in the Mediterranean
Widely regarded as one of the most threatened environments in the world, the Mediterranean Sea is subject now to ubiquitous plastic pollution. As a result of high population densities, lack of consistent waste-management schemes, and large influxes of tourists and strategic merchant navigation,…
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This policy brief has been prepared as part of the ‘Plastic Waste Free Islands - Mediterranean’ (PWFI-Med) project, which is implemented in Menorca (Spain) and the Republic of Cyprus by IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and funded by the Didier and Martine Primat…
Factsheet
The first Guide is devoted to the Interactions between Aquaculture and the Environment. It addresses finfish and shellfish culture, focussing mainly on finfish aquaculture, and specifically cage culture, these being predominant activities in the Mediterranean Basin.
Factsheet
This Guide, the third in a series of Guidelines for the Sustainable Development of Mediterranean Aquaculture, aims at providing basic recommendations to decision makers and other parties interested in responsible aquaculture practices and certification.