Progress report for
Desktop Study on Marine Litter including Microplastics in the Arctic (Phase I)
Achievement at a glance
A first draft of a literature review was presented at the PAME I-2018, 11-14 February 2018 in Quebec City, Canada. The following process was established at the PAME meeting;Organising an Arctic marine litter workshop 5-6 June 2018 in Iceland.
End of June 2018: Marine litter co-leads to send out a revised version of the desktop study including the initial draft recommendations to PAME for comments by 10th of August 2018
Mid-August 2018 (or 30 days prior to PAME II-2018): Marine litter co-leads to revise the desktop study and submit in advance of the PAME II-2018 meeting to include revised draft recommendations on next steps as a part of the PAMEs future work plan developments.
December 2018: Final draft desktop study distributed in advance of the PAME I-2019. February 2019: Approval at PAME I-2019
March 2019: Approval by Senior Arctic Officials (SAOs).
May 2019: Approval by Ministers. PAME requests that the projects co-leads work closely with other Arctic Council working groups encourages active engagement with relevant experts, observers and international organizations.
The PAME Desktop Study on Marine Litter was published in May 2019, as a product for the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland. The Desktop Study provides a base for the next phase of PAMEs work on marine litter, where work on an Arctic regional action plan on marine litter is ongoing.
Beneficiaries
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