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The Fourth Meeting of the COBSEA Working Group on Marine Litter (WGML) was held on 10-11 October 2022 as a hybrid Meeting, with participation of Working Group focal points and representatives of COBSEA countries, as well as observers and UNEP colleagues.

The National Source Inventory (NSI) report is intended to collect available data in Cambodia on plastic products lifecycle and flows, waste generation, composition and disposal flows, and results arising from monitoring of freshwater and wastewater, coastal and marine environments.

Meeting Report - Part 2 of the Twenty-fifth Intergovernmental Meeting (IGM 25) was convened in a hybrid format, with 25 participants attending in-person and 34 participants joining virtually through the Webex platform in Hanoi, Viet Nam on 12-13 October 2022. The resumed IGM 25 followed the first part of IGM 25, held online on 8-9 September 2021. 

The purpose of this Situation Analysis is to investigate and articulate the Cambodian context pertaining to marine litter, with the view to developing informed and responsive recommendations that dovetail with current and planned interventions in Cambodia, as well as regional and international frameworks.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) partnered with UN-Habitat under the SEA circular project to apply the Waste Wise CitiesTool (WaCT) and Waste Flow Diagram (WFD) in South-East Asia.

This report was prepared by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Coordinating Body for the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) Secretariat to provide legal guidance to COBSEA-member countries on tackling seabased sources of marine liter.

This guidance document was developed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in close collaboration with the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) Secretariat. The report was led by Atty. Gregorio Rafael P. Bueta and was finalized in December 2021.

Part One of the Twenty-fifth Intergovernmental Meeting of the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) Virtual Meeting, 8-9 September 2021

Coral reefs occur in more than 100 countries and territories and whilst they cover only 0.2% of the seafloor, they support at least 25% of marine species and underpin the safety, coastal protection, wellbeing, food and economic security of hundreds of millions of people.

The COBSEA Secretariat hosts a webinar series on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, providing a platform for dialogue on how COBSEA can be leveraged to support countries during the development, delivery and tracking of the Framework. The third webinar will discuss the pathway to CBD COP 15, including outcomes of the second consultation workshop of biodiversity-related conventions on t