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A “Source-to-Sea” (S2S) approach to address marine plastic pollution: Policy, legal and institutional outlook

The management and governance of land, water, coastal and marine ecosystems is complex and dynamic by nature and requests a holistic approach. This briefing elaborates on the governance instruments at national and local levels to address the breath of the complexities of marine plastic pollution by focusing on the Source-to-Sea (S2S) approach.

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States have committed to ensure the protection of rivers, coastal and marine ecosystems, recognising their connectivity as a continuum in many global and regional regulatory frameworks, while progressively developing and adopting plans, policies and laws to control, prevent and reduce plastic pollution on a national and local level.

In this context, this briefing focuses on the Source-to-Sea approach given the fact that this approach not only consider the interconnectedness between the physical ecosystem elements of a basin, but also the mutual interdependencies between the different stakeholders that live and depend on their resources, as well as the various environmental, social, economic and political dynamics among them.

A “Source-to-Sea” (S2S) approach to address marine plastic pollution: Policy, legal and institutional outlook

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