Marine Litter Distribution, Data Collection and Data Harmonization in the Mediterranean Sea
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 1552
Special Issue Editors
2. Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC), University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
Interests: marine ecosystems; anthropogenic impacts; marine conservation; conservation policy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Marine litter pollution is identified among the key global environmental issues that requires urgent address through financial and societal transitions. As we are now moving towards the most critical decade for addressing this emerging issue, it is of high priority that a coordinated effort is undertaken to provide effective solutions. In the Mediterranean Sea, the amount of litter accumulated on the beaches and waters, often floating, ingested, and entangled on marine fauna and the incidence of entanglements have both increased during the recent years. Throughout the basin, a vast number of initiatives and campaigns have taken place, while in the northern area of the basin, EU Member States have additionally been coordinating monitoring actions in accordance with the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive for over a decade. However, valuable information about the distribution of litter in the coasts and sea around the Mediterranean is still scarce. Therefore, international coordinated efforts are faced with a lack of data availability and require demanding data harmonization procedures. The aim of this Special Issue is to focus on (i) the abundance and distribution of marine litter in the Mediterranean Sea, based on available data collected in the context of clean up campaigns and monitoring activities; and (ii) the potential gaps and discrepancies arising due to the diverse data collection processes.
We have been invited to edit a Special Issue on "Marine Litter Distribution, Data Collection and Data Harmonization in the Mediterranean Sea" in the journal Sustainability, a cross-disciplinary open access online journal published by MDPI (5-Year Impact Factor: 3.251).
This Special Issue aims to collect information about the distribution of marine litter in the coasts and the sea around the Mediterranean Sea, with an emphasis in Greece. Additionally, papers discussing data availability and data harmonization between different efforts and entities will be accepted, especially if they highlight potential gaps and discrepancies, resulting in actions from different countries and monitoring programs. This Special Issue is designed in the context of the EValuating MARine Litter in Greece, “EVMAR” Project. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications or brief reports are invited.
Due to your extensive experience and knowledge in this field, we would like to invite you to submit a feature paper related to the selected topic. If you are interested in contributing a paper, please let us know at some time before 31 October 2023.
In addition, we would appreciate a tentative title and a very short abstract. The final submission deadline is 31 August 2023, but papers will be published on an ongoing basis.
You can find more information on the Special Issue at:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/R105EFA3XZ
For information on manuscript preparation and related matters, please see the instructions for authors.
We hope that this invitation receives your favourable consideration; we look forward to our future collaboration.
Dr. Anna Maria Addamo
Dr. Ioannis Giovos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- marine debris
- marine pollution
- plastic pollution
- data collection
- beach clean ups
- underwater clean ups
