Plans to Save Africa’s Polluted Coastlines in 2018
THE OCEANS have become the world’s biggest rubbish dump – and Africa’s coastlines are under siege.
Microplastics, chemical and agricultural runoff, oil, sewage and solid waste are contributing to the polluting of much of the continent’s natural resources warns the African Marine Waste Network (AMWN).
In a bid to face looming crisis head-on numerous African countries are putting their data and resources together.
The inaugural African Marine Waste Conference held in Port Elizabeth in July. 200 delegates from 9 African states and a further 10 countries from around the world come together to develop polies to deal with this ever-growing global problem. Scientists, educators, government and policy makers, and members of industry also examined how to turn the problem into a positive situation.
Source: wcbn.co.za
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