This document provides Regional Guidance on Harmonized National Marine Litter Monitoring Programmes to strengthen and harmonize marine litter monitoring efforts toward preventing and reducing marine litter and its impacts, in line with the COBSEA Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter (RAP MALI). The review responds to the needs identified by COBSEA participating countries, incorporates country contributions, and builds on existing capacities and priorities, to promote data comparability and align efforts at regional and global level. The document was prepared by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the COBSEA Secretariat, in close consultation with COBSEA participating countries and with guidance from the COBSEA Working Group on Marine Litter.
Annex (download link): https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/38130/monitoring_…
