Regional Consultation on Marine Plastic Research Inventory

Under the SEA circular project, the COBSEA Secretariat and the National University of Singapore (NUS) are holding a regional consultation with focal points of the COBSEA Working Group on Marine Litter (Cambodia, People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, and Viet Nam) and national stakeholders.

The main purpose of this consultation is to present the updated plastic pollution research database and collect feedback on content, format and accessibility for further development of the database and integration in the East Asian Seas Regional Node of the Global Partnership on Marine Litter (GPML).

This virtual event will take place on 20 April 2022 at 13:00-15:00 ICT

About the Event: Under the SEA circular project, the COBSEA Secretariat and the National University of Singapore (NUS) are holding a regional consultation with focal points of the COBSEA Working Group on Marine Litter (Cambodia, People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, and Viet Nam) and national stakeholders.

Objectives:  This consultation aims to introduce the web database to participating countries and regional stakeholder to gather comments and feedback on format, content, and accessibility. The consultation will inform further development of the database, integration into the COBSEA Regional Node, and the establishment of a regional research network to address research gaps and priorities. The consultation further aims to ensure that data management and its application are in line with the COBSEA RAP MALI and UN Environment Assembly resolutions on marine litter and microplastics.

Participants: COBSEA WGML focal points and research partners/research network in South-East Asia region.

Agenda:

13:00 – 13:10 Introduction and welcome remarks

13:10 – 14:00 Regional Research Inventory 2.0 of marine plastics research in the East Asian Seas

14:00 – 14:30 Inputs from COBSEA countries and stakeholders

14:30 – 14:50 Discussion

14:50 – 15:00 Summary & closing

For more information, visit the SEA circular project website.