From Coral Triangle to Trash Triangle—How the Hot spot of Global Marine Biodiversity Is Threatened by Plastic Waste

Lasut, Markus T.; Weber, Miriam; Pangalila, Fransisco P.T.; Rumampuk, Natalie D. C.; Rimper, Joice; Warouw, Veibe; Kaunang, Stella T.; Lott, Christian

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71279-6_15

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“…Marine plastic pollution is an emerging global risk , Conchubhair et al 2019, threatening marine fauna (Derraik 2002, Thompson et al 2004 and ecosystems (Syakti et al 2017, Lasut et al 2018. Tackling marine plastic pollution is a contemporary challenge in ocean governance (Haward 2018), especially given the uncertainties in the origin and fate of marine plastic.…”

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“…Indonesia is located within the Coral Triangle, which has the highest marine diversity on the planet (Tomascik et al 1997, Spalding et al 2001. In turn, this area also has the highest risk of plastic pollution to the marine environment (Lasut et al 2018). Recent work has demonstrated that plastic pollution found on Indonesia's beaches mainly originates from rivers (Syakti et al 2017).…”

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Riverine plastic emission from Jakarta into the ocean

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Environ. Res. Lett.

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Plastic pollution in aquatic environments is an increasing global risk. In recent years, marine plastic pollution has been studied to a great extent, and it has been hypothesized that land-based plastics are its main source. Global modeling efforts have suggested that rivers in South East Asia are in fact the main contributors to plastic transport from land to the oceans. However, due to a lack of plastic transport observations, the origin and fate of riverine plastic waste is yet unclear. Here, we present results from a first assessment of riverine macroplastic emission from rivers and canals that run through a densely populated coastal urban city. Using a combination of field measurements, empirical relations and hydraulic modeling, we provide an estimate of total riverine plastic export originating from Jakarta, Indonesia, into the ocean. Furthermore, we provide insights in its composition, and variation in time and space. We found that most macroplastics in Jakarta consists of films and foils. We estimate that 2.1 × 10 3 tonnes of plastic waste, is transported from land to sea annually, equaling 3% of the total annual unsoundly disposed plastic waste in the Jakarta area.

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Riverine plastic emission from Jakarta into the ocean

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Loozen

Oeveren

et al. 2019

Environ. Res. Lett.

112

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“…In freshwater systems, negative effects of macroplastics (>0.5 cm) include endangerment of species, economic losses through damage to vessels, and increased urban flood risk because of clogging of hydraulic structures (Hong et al, 2017;Honingh et al, 2020;van Emmerik and Schwarz, 2020). Rivers are assumed to be one of the main pathways for land-based plastics into the world's oceans (Schmidt et al, 2017), where plastic waste further threatens biodiversity and breaks down into microplastics (Lasut et al, 2018;Abreo et al, 2019).…”

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Manila River Mouths Act as Temporary Sinks for Macroplastic Pollution

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“…The Plan includes the five components of improving behavioral change, reducing land-and sea-based leakage, reducing plastics production and use, and enhancing funding mechanisms, policy reform and legislation enforcement. Although in its infancy, this Plan has already made an impact on reducing marine litter through community efforts that have been assisted and coordinated by government (Lasut et al, 2018). The Kenya government has recently passed legislation that prohibits the importing, making, or selling plastic bags.…”

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Governance Solutions to the Tragedy of the Commons That Marine Plastics Have Become

2018

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Plastic pollution has become the new millennium's tragedy of the commons. This is particularly true with the marine debris plastic pollution issue, which has seen significant global interest recently. There is long-standing acknowledgment of the difficulty in managing the commons, with regulations, economic and market based instruments and community-based solutions all having a role to play. We review the global plastic pollution issue in the context of governance and policy, providing examples of successes, opportunities and levers for change. We discuss the role of regulation, public perception and social license to operate (SLO) in managing waste that enters the ocean. We argue that while plastic pollution is a tragedy, there are many opportunities for reduction, management, and changes to the global community's relationship with plastic.

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From Coral Triangle to Trash Triangle—How the Hot spot of Global Marine Biodiversity Is Threatened by Plastic Waste

Cited by 23 publications

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Riverine plastic emission from Jakarta into the ocean

Riverine plastic emission from Jakarta into the ocean

Manila River Mouths Act as Temporary Sinks for Macroplastic Pollution

Governance Solutions to the Tragedy of the Commons That Marine Plastics Have Become

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