Estimating plastic pollution in rivers through harmonized monitoring strategies
Marine Pollution Bulletin,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
196, С. 115503 - 115503
Опубликована: Окт. 1, 2023
Plastics
in
rivers
and
lakes
have
direct
local
impact,
may
also
reach
the
world's
oceans.
Monitoring
river
plastic
pollution
is
therefore
key
to
quantify,
understand
reduce
plastics
all
aquatic
ecosystems.
The
lack
of
harmonization
between
ongoing
monitoring
efforts
compromises
comparison
combination
available
data.
United
Nations
Environment
Programme
(UNEP)
launched
guidelines
on
freshwater
monitoring,
provide
a
starting
point
for
practitioners
scientists
towards
harmonized
data
collection,
analysis,
reporting.
We
developed
five-step
workflow
support
design
effective
strategies.
was
applied
three
(Rhine,
Mekong
Odaw)
across
relevant
gradients,
including
geography,
hydrology,
levels.
show
that
despite
simplicity
selected
methods
limited
duration
our
approach
provides
crucial
insights
state
very
different
basins
globally.
Язык: Английский
Remote Sensing for Monitoring Macroplastics in Rivers: A Review
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
12(2)
Опубликована: Март 1, 2025
ABSTRACT
Given
the
exponential
rise
in
global
plastic
production
and
its
significant
ecological
socio‐economic
impacts,
monitoring
macroplastics
rivers
has
become
a
central
focus
of
water
management
efforts.
However,
standardized
methodologies
are
lagging
behind
rate
waste
currently
entering
aquatic
systems
on
scale.
This
translates
into
shortage
spatially
temporally
refined
data
macroplastic
pollution
circulating
inland
waters.
Recent
advancements
remote
sensing
techniques,
primarily
satellites,
UASs,
fixed
handheld
cameras
combined
with
crowd‐sourced
automated
detection
using
machine
deep
learning,
offer
promising
opportunities
for
versatile
solutions.
Thus,
this
paper
reviews
state‐of‐the‐art
approaches
emerging
methods
identification
to
provide
researchers
comprehensive
inventory
techniques
encourage
scientific
community
harmonize
define
standard
protocols.
According
our
investigation,
addressing
challenges
sensing‐based
river
mandates
further
efforts
enhance
integrate
multiple
platforms
an
emphasis
long‐term
monitoring.
Язык: Английский
Ghana's environmental law and waterbody protection: A critical assessment of plastic pollution regulations
Journal of Environmental Management,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
380, С. 125172 - 125172
Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
Anthropogenic threats
Elsevier eBooks,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown, С. 637 - 668
Опубликована: Ноя. 15, 2024
Язык: Английский
Sustainable Implementation of Citizen-Based Plastic Monitoring of Fresh Waters in Western Africa
Sustainability,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
16(22), С. 10007 - 10007
Опубликована: Ноя. 16, 2024
Citizen
science
projects
globally
have
increasingly
been
implemented
in
collecting
and
analysing
environmental
data.
At
the
same
time,
these
initiatives
are
often
project-based
and,
therefore,
of
short
duration.
This
presents
a
challenge
as
data
from
such
activities
may
not
be
used
research
political
decision-making.
aims
to
explore
barriers
solutions
for
establishing
sustainable
long-term
citizen-based
plastic
monitoring
strategy
fresh
waters
based
on
case
study
Accra,
Ghana.
is
particularly
relevant
due
significant
issue
pollution
region,
limited
official
effectively
address
problem,
potential
role
citizen
addressing
this
gap
long
term.
Data
were
collected
eight
expert
interviews,
survey
amongst
17
stakeholders,
subsequent
roundtable
discussions
with
24
experts
stakeholders
academia,
private
sector,
public
civil
society.
From
this,
we
identified
30
types
21
implement
These
relate
five
fields
action
(social,
economic,
environmental,
technical,
management
governance)
four
stakeholder
groups
(public
society,
academia)
solution
pathways
projects.
Based
our
findings,
make
suggestions
how
can
more
sustainably
future
different
various
institutional
perspectives.
With
hope
advance
use
policy
design
related
plastics
waters.
Язык: Английский
Challenges of open data in aquatic sciences: issues faced by data users and data providers
Frontiers in Environmental Science,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
12
Опубликована: Дек. 17, 2024
Free
use
and
redistribution
of
data
(i.e.,
Open
Data)
increases
the
reproducibility,
transparency,
pace
aquatic
sciences
research.
However,
barriers
to
both
users
providers
may
limit
adoption
Data
practices.
Here,
we
describe
common
challenges
faced
by
within
community
oceanography,
limnology,
hydrology,
others).
These
were
synthesized
from
literature,
authors’
experiences,
a
broad
survey
174
across
academia,
government
agencies,
industry,
other
sectors.
Through
this
work,
identified
seven
main
challenges:
1)
metadata
shortcomings,
2)
variable
quality
reusability,
3)
open
inaccessibility,
4)
lack
standardization,
5)
authorship
acknowledgement
issues
6)
funding,
7)
unequal
around
globe.
Our
key
recommendation
is
improve
resources
advance
This
includes
dedicated
funds
for
capacity
building,
hiring
maintaining
skilled
personnel,
robust
digital
infrastructures
preparation,
storage,
long-term
maintenance
Data.
Further,
incentivize
sharing
reinforce
need
standardized
best
practices
handle
citations
providers.
We
also
highlight
discuss
regional
disparities
in
research
global
perspective.
Язык: Английский