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Review
. 2022 Oct 1:841:156704.
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156704. Epub 2022 Jun 17.

Priorities to inform research on marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia

Lucy C M Omeyer  1 , Emily M Duncan  2 , Kornrawee Aiemsomboon  3 , Nicola Beaumont  4 , Sujaree Bureekul  3 , Bin Cao  5 , Luis R Carrasco  6 , Suchana Chavanich  7 , James R Clark  4 , Muhammad R Cordova  8 , Fay Couceiro  9 , Simon M Cragg  10 , Neil Dickson  11 , Pierre Failler  12 , Gianluca Ferraro  12 , Stephen Fletcher  13 , Jenny Fong  14 , Alex T Ford  15 , Tony Gutierrez  16 , Fauziah Shahul Hamid  17 , Jan G Hiddink  11 , Pham T Hoa  18 , Sophie I Holland  16 , Lowenna Jones  19 , Nia H Jones  11 , Heather Koldewey  20 , Federico M Lauro  21 , Charlotte Lee  22 , Matt Lewis  11 , Danny Marks  23 , Sabine Matallana-Surget  22 , Claudia G Mayorga-Adame  24 , John McGeehan  25 , Lauren F Messer  22 , Laura Michie  15 , Michelle A Miller  26 , Zeeda F Mohamad  27 , Nur Hazimah Mohamed Nor  28 , Moritz Müller  29 , Simon P Neill  11 , Sarah E Nelms  30 , Deo Florence L Onda  31 , Joyce J L Ong  28 , Agamuthu Pariatamby  32 , Sui C Phang  33 , Richard Quilliam  22 , Peter E Robins  11 , Maria Salta  34 , Aida Sartimbul  35 , Shiori Shakuto  36 , Martin W Skov  11 , Evelyn B Taboada  37 , Peter A Todd  38 , Tai Chong Toh  39 , Suresh Valiyaveettil  40 , Voranop Viyakarn  7 , Passorn Wonnapinij  41 , Louisa E Wood  12 , Clara L X Yong  38 , Brendan J Godley  30
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Priorities to inform research on marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia

Lucy C M Omeyer et al. Sci Total Environ. .
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  • Corrigendum to "Priorities to inform research on marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia" [Sci. Total Environ. volume 841 (2022) Article 156704].
    Omeyer LCM, Duncan EM, Aiemsomboon K, Beaumont N, Bureekul S, Cao B, Carrasco LR, Chavanich S, Clark JR, Cordova MR, Couceiro F, Cragg SM, Dickson N, Failler P, Ferraro G, Fletcher S, Fong J, Ford AT, Gutierrez T, Hamid FS, Hiddink JG, Hoa PT, Holland SI, Jones L, Jones NH, Koldewey H, Lauro FM, Lee C, Lewis M, Marks D, Matallana-Surget S, Mayorga-Adame CG, McGeehan J, Messer LF, Michie L, Miller MA, Mohamad ZF, Nor NHM, Müller M, Neill SP, Nelms SE, Onda DFL, Ong JJL, Pariatamby A, Phang SC, Quilliam R, Robins PE, Salta M, Sartimbul A, Shakuto S, Skov MW, Taboada EB, Todd PA, Toh TC, Valiyaveettil S, Viyakarn V, Wonnapinij P, Wood LE, Yong CLX, Godley BJ. Omeyer LCM, et al. Sci Total Environ. 2023 Jan 20;857(Pt 3):159595. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159595. Epub 2022 Oct 26. Sci Total Environ. 2023. PMID: 36308807 No abstract available.

Abstract

Southeast Asia is considered to have some of the highest levels of marine plastic pollution in the world. It is therefore vitally important to increase our understanding of the impacts and risks of plastic pollution to marine ecosystems and the essential services they provide to support the development of mitigation measures in the region. An interdisciplinary, international network of experts (Australia, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam) set a research agenda for marine plastic pollution in the region, synthesizing current knowledge and highlighting areas for further research in Southeast Asia. Using an inductive method, 21 research questions emerged under five non-predefined key themes, grouping them according to which: (1) characterise marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia; (2) explore its movement and fate across the region; (3) describe the biological and chemical modifications marine plastic pollution undergoes; (4) detail its environmental, social, and economic impacts; and, finally, (5) target regional policies and possible solutions. Questions relating to these research priority areas highlight the importance of better understanding the fate of marine plastic pollution, its degradation, and the impacts and risks it can generate across communities and different ecosystem services. Knowledge of these aspects will help support actions which currently suffer from transboundary problems, lack of responsibility, and inaction to tackle the issue from its point source in the region. Being profoundly affected by marine plastic pollution, Southeast Asian countries provide an opportunity to test the effectiveness of innovative and socially inclusive changes in marine plastic governance, as well as both high and low-tech solutions, which can offer insights and actionable models to the rest of the world.

Keywords: Environmental governance; Marine debris; Marine ecosystems; Marine litter; Plastic debris; Waste management.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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