Marine litter within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Ifremer · Joint Research Centre · +2 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract Galgani, F., Hanke, G., Werner, S., and De Vrees, L. 2013. Marine litter within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 70: 1055–1064. There have been numerous anthropogenic-driven changes to our planet in the last half-century. One of the most evident changes is the ubiquity and abundance of litter in the marine environment. The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD, 2008/56/EC) establishes a framework within which EU Member States shall take action to achieve or maintain good environmental status (GES) of their marine waters by 2020. GES is based on 11 qualitative descriptors as listed in Annex I of the MSFD. Descriptor 10 (D 10) concerns marine…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 9.52
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 41
Authors
4Topics & keywords
- Marine Strategy Framework Directive
- Directive
- European commission
- Marine debris
- Environmental science
- Environmental resource management
- Litter
- Business
- Life below water