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Monitoring marine litter in the Mediterranean sea Giorgio Zampetti, Stefania Di Vito – scientific office of Legambiente Brussels, February 1 2017 – Tackling marine litter in the Mediterranean, from research to action Legambiente and the Marine Strategy Legambiente Goletta Verde is the most widespread environmental organization in Italy, created in 1980 for the safeguard of the environment, for the promotion of sustainable. it is the widest campaign of analysis and information about sea pollution even promoted and conducted by an environmental organization. Every Summer, since 1986, it monitored the quality of Italian seas. With this activity Legambiente want to contribute to the Marine Strategy Directive (2008/56), which requires Member States to monitor the state of seas and take the measures needed to reach or maintain its ‘good environmental status’ by 2020. "Properties and quantities of marine litter do not cause harm to the coastal and marine environment“ Floating macro litter in Italian sea ❑ 2014 ❑ 2015 ❑ 2016 In 2016: The average concentration of wastes in the investigated area is 57,6 items / sq km of the sea The 95.7% of the waste detected consists of plastic. Floating plastic are just the tip of the iceberg Among the most common objects there are single-use plastics, in particular plastic bags, and other object that could be linked to fishing activities (as net and lines, or polystyrene box for example). www.legambiente.it/marinelitter Floating micro litter in Italian sea Microplastics are plastic particles smaller than 5mm mm. They can have a primary origin like pre-production pellets, or secondary, derived from the disintegration of larger items by physical action Their presence increase constantly in the environment; dispersed in marine and terrestrial ecosystems, it is very difficult to quantify their effects, pollution and it is impossible to remove them completely. www.legambiente.it/marinelitter Beach litter in Italian shore Only in 2016 edition 47 beaches were monitored. Over 33.000 trash have been recorded, an average of 714 waste items every 100 square meters. The most common material found was plastic, around 76%. The packaging category represents the 56% of urban mismanaged waste buried in the sand, and 75% of this is disposable plastic packaging. www.legambiente.it/beachlitter Floating micro litter in Italian lakes Six lakes analyzed from June to July 2016 We used a manta trawl, a sampling floating instrument equipped with an ultrafine mesh of 330 micrometers. Micro plastic particles were found in every single sample, in every lake considered. www.legambiente.it/marinelitter How much does they cost? According to a study commissioned by the European Union , the EU marine litter costs well 476.8 million euro per year taking into account only tourism and fishing sector. In particular, the total estimated cost for all EU beaches cleaning is 411.75 million euros and the impact on the fishing industry is estimated around 61.7 million euro per year.* *data source: Arcadis “Marine litter study to support the establishment on an initial quantitative headline” (2013) CLEAN SEA LIFE - LIFE15 GIE/IT/000999 WWW.CLEANSEALIFE.IT FACEBOOK.COM/CLEANSEALIFE TWITTER.COM/CLEANSEALIFE THE PROJECT The overall aim of the Clean Sea LIFE project, financed under the LIFE Programme, is to support the application of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and EU biodiversity policy relating to marine litter. The specific objectives are: ❖To increase awareness of marine litter, empowering citizens to become part of the solution; ❖To remove existing litter, including lost fishing gear, and prevent further littering; ❖To promote "fishing for litter" initiatives and to train fishing industry professionals in responsible practices; ❖To provide guidelines for the management of marine litter, increase exchange of knowledge and the uptake of best practices and assist authorities in achieving a Good Environmental Status of the sea, as required under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. MEDSEALITTER Developing Mediterranean-specific protocols to protect biodiversity from litter impact at basin and local MPAs scales THE PROJECT The project aims at accomplishing and validating, within the Mediterranean basin, systematic protocols for monitoring marine litter and its potential effect on key biodiversity species. This will allow to strengthening effective management within MPAs and by coordinating conservation measures across MPAs. PARTNERS ➔ ➔ ➔ ➔ ➔ ➔ ➔ ➔ ➔ ➔ ➔ Cinque Terre National Park and Marine Protected area, ITALY Legambiente Onlus, ITALY Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), ITALY University of Barcelona, SPAIN MEDASSET - Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles – GREECE University of Valencia, SPAIN Municipality of Villasimius - Capo Carbonara Marine Protected Area, ITALY Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, FRANCE Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, GREECE EcoOcean Institute, FRANCE Municipality of Favignana – Managing Body of Egadi Islands Marine Protected Area, ITALY THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION www.legambiente.it/marinelitter