18 June 2017, Busan. NOWPAP Regional Coordinating Unit (RCU) and NOWPAP Pollution Monitoring Regional Activity Center (POMRAC) presented NOWPAP’s work on marine litter during the capacity building workshop for marine debris prevention and management in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region. The workshop was organized by APEC, Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation (KOEM) and Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fishers in Yeosu, Korea on 12th -18th June 2017. It was attended by the officials from Chile, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Speakers were invited from the UN Environment, China, Republic of Korea, the USA, and NOWPAP.
Dr. LIU Ning presented the achievements of NOWPAP and the progress of the NOWPAP Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter. Mr. Nikolai KOZLOVSKII from POMRAC introduced marine litter management system in Russia, and POMRAC-led research on micro-plastics. The participants inquired the cooperation between NOWPAP and other regional organizations in marine environmental protection. As a part of the programme, in the afternoon of 16 June, participants visited KOEM’s floating receptacles in the sea and waste oil collection facilities. The next APEC workshop on marine litter will be organized in Busan in 2018.
