Maritime litter project approval
An agreement to implement a maritime litter project has been signed with a view to help deliver one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have formally signed an agreement to jointly implement the GloLitter Partnerships Project. Both agencies will now reach out to their respective fields to strengthen cooperation, not least private sector participation, through a Global Industry Alliance.
Initially launched in December 2019, with funding from Norway, the project aims to help developing countries to identify opportunities to prevent and reduce marine plastic litter from the shipping and fisheries sectors and decrease the use of plastics in these industries. It will also identify opportunities to re-use and recycle plastics. Its objectives include targeting waste management in ports.
It will directly help to achieve one of the of the specific targets in the global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 – to “prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution, by 2025”.
Countries are invited to submit their expressions of interest to be part of the project by 30 April.
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