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UNEP/IOC Guidelines on Survey and Monitoring of Marine Litter
United Nations Environment Programme, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

The objective of this document is to develop standardized operational guidelines for marine litter survey and monitoring programmes so that litter levels on our beaches and within our seas and oceans can be estimated and interpreted through long-term, broad scale comparative studies that will support management at both national and international scales.

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2009

Manuals, Guides and Toolkits
Port Reception Facilities in the NOWPAP Region
United Nations Environment Programme

These guidelines were designed to assist local organizations, local governments and NOWPAP member states by providing information on port collection facilities as submitted by the member states or collected from the International Maritime Organization's Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS).

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2009