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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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UNEP Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC).
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UN
Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). >
International
Coral Reef Initiative and other organizations and networks
on
the threats to coral reefs, including the effects of litter/debris.
Regional
conventions, agreements, action plans, projects, and actors
Convention
for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Area
of the South-East Pacific (Lima Convention) Permanent
Commission of the South Pacific (CPPS). >
South-East Pacific Action Plan (Plan de Acción para
la Protección del Medio Marino y Áreas Costeras
del Pacífico Sudeste). >
GEF project
"Integrated Management of the Humboldt Current Large
Marine Ecosystem". >
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Regional
reports on the state of the marine and coastal environment
UNEP
GPA: Assessment
of Land-based Sources and Activities Affecting the Marine,
Coastal and Associated Freshwater Environment in the South-East
Pacific.
UNEP GPA: South-East
Pacific Region (brief description of environmental state,
priority issues, etc.).
UNEP:
Global
Environment Outlook 3 (GEO3). Coastal and marine areas.
University
of Rhode Island: Large Marine Ecosystems (LME): The region
includes
the
Humboldt Current and part of the Pacific
Central American Coastal System.
Other
publications on marine and coastal environment, including
marine litter
Article
in Marine Pollution Bulletin on marine litter/marine
debris off the Chilean coast: 2003.
Private
sector and NGOs actors and initiatives
Ocean
Concervancy: International Coastal Cleanup (ICC). >
UNEP
and Clean up Australia: Clean up the World! >
Mundo
Azul. >
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