Beach litter - Beaches locations & litter list used - Other sources 2001/2021 v2023

This visualization product displays beaches locations where non-MSFD monitoring surveys, research & cleaning operations have been applied to collate data on macrolitter (> 2.5 cm). Reference lists associated with these protocols have been indicated with different colors in the map.

EMODnet Chemistry included the collection of marine litter in its 3rd phase. Since the beginning of 2018, data of beach litter have been gathered and processed in the EMODnet Chemistry Marine Litter Database (MLDB). The harmonization of all the data has been the most challenging task considering the heterogeneity of the data sources, sampling protocols and reference lists used on a European scale.

Preliminary processing were necessary to harmonize all the data: - Exclusion of OSPAR 1000 protocol: in order to follow the approach of OSPAR that it is not including these data anymore in the monitoring; - Selection of surveys from non-MSFD monitoring, cleaning and research operations; - Exclusion of beaches without coordinates; - Some categories & some litter types like organic litter, small fragments (paraffin and wax; items > 2.5cm) and pollutants have been removed. The list of selected items is attached to this metadata. This list was created using EU Marine Beach Litter Baselines and EU Threshold Value for Macro Litter on Coastlines from JRC (these two documents are attached to this metadata).

More information is available in the attached documents.

Warning: the absence of data on the map doesn't necessarily mean that they don't exist, but that no information has been entered in the Marine Litter Database for this area.

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Provenance
Publisher Blue-Cloud Data Discovery & Access service; EMODnet Chemistry
Contributor EMODnet Chemistry; IFREMER / IDM / SISMER - Scientific Information Systems for the SEA; Ifremer / VIGIES (Information Valuation Service for Integrated Management and Monitoring); National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography; Ifremer, VIGIES (Information Valuation Service for Integrated Management and Monitoring); IFREMER, SISMER, Scientific Information Systems for the SEA; Aarhus University,Danish Centre for Environment and Energy; Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience; Aegean Greeners; Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation; Asociación Vertidos Cero; Black Sea NGO Network; CENTRE FOR DOCUMENTATION, RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION ON ACCIDENTAL WATER POLLUTION; Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Division of Marine Biology and Ecology; Disciplinary Centre of Marine Research and Environmental; ECAT-Environmental Center for Administration & Technology; Estonian Green Movement; European Environment Agency; eXXpedition; Flanders Marine Institute; Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography; Hold Danmark Rent; Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia; Institute of Marine Biology (IMBK); Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University; Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; International Council for the Exploration of the Sea; Isotech Ltd Environmental Research and Consultancy; Istanbul University, Institute of Marine Science and Management; Iv.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Centre of Relations with UNESCO Oceanological Research Centre and GeoDNA (UNESCO); KIMO International Secretariat; Legambiente; Marine Conservation Society; Maritime Training Center for Pollution Prevention, Safety at Sea and Environmental Awareness; Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development; Directorate for Coast and Sea Sustainability. Ministry for Ecological Transition; National Institute for Marine Research and Development "Grigore Antipa"; National Institute of Marine Geology and Geoecology; Non-governmental environmental organization "Mare Nostrum"; Norwegian Environment Agency; OceanCare; Plastic Change; Portuguese Association for Marine Litter, APLM; Portuguese Environment Agency; State Oceanographic Institute; Surfers Against Sewage; Surfrider Foundation Europe; The North Sea Foundation; Treanbeg Marine; Turkish Marine Research Foundation; Ukrainian scientific center of Ecology of Sea
Publication Year 2024
OpenAccess true
Contact blue-cloud-support(at)maris.nl
Representation
Discipline Marine Science
Spatial Coverage (-53.602W, 28.394S, 41.771E, 81.686N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2021-08-11T00:00:00Z