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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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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
A UNEP Regional Seas Action Plan for the Upper South-West
Atlantic is under development. ••>
Treaty Concerning Rio de la Plata and the Corresponding Maritime
Boundary.
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UNEP
GPA: Brazilian
National Programme of Action
for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based
Activities in the Brazilian Section of the Upper SW Atlantic.
GEF International Waters Projects. ••>
Private
sector and NGOs actors and initiatives
Ocean
Concervancy: International Coastal Cleanup (ICC). ••>
UNEP
and Clean up Australia: Clean up the World! ••>
Praia
Local, Lixo Global. Brazilian
information and education project, aimed at raising awareness
locally and globally.
Falklands
Conservation:
Marine Debris in the Falkland Islands.
Praia
Seca:
Limpeza de praias. International Coastal Cleanup in Brazil
(including photos
and data from 1999, 2000 and 2001).
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Regional
reports on the state of the marine and coastal environment
EcoPlata
Project: Integrated Uruguayan Coastal Zone Management of the
Río de la Plata Support Program. Apoyo
a la Gestión Integrada de la Zona Costera Uruguaya
del Río de la Plata. A governmental and inter-institutional
agreement to contribute to the integrated management of the
Río de la Plata Uruguayan coastal zone resources through
the implementation of demonstration actions at pilot areas.
See "Río
de la Plata. An environmental overview".
UNEP GPA: Overview
on Land-based Sources and Activities Affecting the Marine,
Coastal and Associated Freshwater Environment in the Upper
Southwest Atlantic Ocean.
UNEP GPA: Upper
South-West Atlantic (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 Upper
South West Atlantic includes three LMEs -
the East Brazil Shelf, the
South Brazil Shelf and the Patagonian
Shelf.
Other
publications on marine and coastal environment, including
marine litter
Articles
in Marine Pollution Bulletin on marine litter/marine
debris in the waters off southeast Brazil, the coast of Rio
Grande do Sul State, Brazil, and
the Río de la Plata estuary (Argentina):
2003,
2002,
and 2001.
"Register
of entangled fishes with plastic debris during F/V Top
Flight and Lerez surveys in the Southwest Atlantic. Report,
February 2003.
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