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International
actors and agreements in the region
See
Global action.
UNEP
Regional Seas Programme. ••>
UNEP Global programme of action for the protection of the
marine environment from land-based activities (UNEP GPA).
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UN
Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). ••>
UNEP
Regional Office for Africa (ROA). ••>
International
Coral Reef Initiative and other organizations and networks
on
the threats to coral reefs, including the effects of litter/debris.
Small Island Developing States Network (SIDSnet). ••>
Regional
conventions, agreements, action plans, projects, and actors
Convention
for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the
Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African
Region (Abidjan Convention). ••>
GEF
International Waters projects. ••>
Gulf of Guinea Large Marine Ecosystem Project.
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Marine
Debris Public Outreach Campaign for the Gulf of Guinea. ••>
African
Development Bank. ••>
Distance
Learning and Information Sharing Tool (DLIST). An information
sharing process focusing on the transboundary coastal zone
of the Northern Cape, South Africa and Namibia. DLIST Benguela
aims to assist coastal planners, managers and resource users
implement effective integrated coastal zone management solutions.
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Regional
reports on the state of the marine and coastal environment
UNEP:
Africa Environment Outlook. Pollution
of Central Africa's Coastal and Marine Environment: "Marine
pollution is a cause for concern in Central Africa, especially
in the Gulf of Guinea extending from Guinea- Bissau in Western
Africa to Gabon, and in the nearshore waters of oil-producing
states. Sources of pollution include offshore oil exploration,
coastal industries and oil refinery activities, urban solid
wastes and sewage from coastal towns, and illegal activities
including dumping of wastes at sea." See also
Pollution of Western Africa's Coastal and Marine Environment.
UNECA:
State
of the Environment in Africa.
UNEP GPA: Overview
on Land-based Sources and Activities Affecting the Marine,
Coastal and Associated Freshwater Environment in the West
and Central African Region.
UNEP GPA: West
and Central African Region (brief description of environmental
state, priority issues).
UNEP:
Global
Environment Outlook 3 (GEO3). Coastal and marine areas.
University
of Rhode Island: Large Marine Ecosystems (LME): The region
includes the Canary
Current, the Guinea
Current, and the
Benguela Current.
Other
publications on marine and coastal environment, including
marine litter
Articles
in Marine Pollution Bulletin on marine litter/marine
debris in Gulf
of Guinea, West Africa:
2002.
Private
sector and NGOs actors and initiatives
Ocean
Concervancy: International Coastal Cleanup (ICC). ••>
UNEP
and Clean up Australia: Clean up the World! ••>
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