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CATEGORIES:Polar Conferences, Meetings and Events
CREATED:20180409T140437
SUMMARY:POLAR2018 side Meeting on Plastic at the Poles - Scar Action Group Meeting
LOCATION:Davos\, Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Since the introduction of plastic materials in the 1950s, global production
  has increased more than 500 times. Evidence of plastic debris in both Pola
 r Oceans suggests that they have already spread across the world, and are t
 hus recognized as one of the most important worldwide threats for oceans. H
 owever, while there has been a great deal of research into plastic pollutio
 n in the more populated regions of the world, little is known about the Pol
 ar regions. This is an emerging and timely area of research which necessita
 tes a co-ordinated scientific focus.\nThe aim of the workshop is to initiat
 e a SCAR Plastic Action Group to:\n\n - Collate information on plastic poll
 ution in the Antarctic and Arctic regions.\n - Assess occurrence, distribut
 ion, source and fate of plastics (nano, micro and macro) in Polar regions.\
 n - Estimate current levels of pollution in the poles and evaluate the impa
 ct on the ecosystem.\n - Generate a Best Practice protocol for plastic coll
 ection and analysis in the Polar regions.The workshop is open to scientists
  from different disciplines with interest in the processes regulating the d
 istribution, magnitude and ecosystem impact of plastic debris in Polar envi
 ronments. Experts on marine plastic debris policy change and mitigation are
  also welcome.\n \nSunday, June 17, 2018\n9am - 12pm\nRoom: B Pischa\nOpen 
 to anyone\nMeeting Flyer (https://apecs.is/images/Heike/Plastic_AG_Meeting.
 pdf)\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: justify;">Since the introduction of plastic materials
  in the 1950s, global production has increased more than 500 times. Evidenc
 e of plastic debris in both Polar Oceans suggests that they have already sp
 read across the world, and are thus recognized as one of the most important
  worldwide threats for oceans. However, while there has been a great deal o
 f research into plastic pollution in the more populated regions of the worl
 d, little is known about the Polar regions. This is an emerging and timely 
 area of research which necessitates a co-ordinated scientific focus.</p><p 
 style="text-align: justify;">The aim of the workshop is to initiate a SCAR 
 Plastic Action Group to:</p><ol style="text-align: justify;"><li>Collate in
 formation on plastic pollution in the Antarctic and Arctic regions.</li><li
 >Assess occurrence, distribution, source and fate of plastics (nano, micro 
 and macro) in Polar regions.</li><li>Estimate current levels of pollution i
 n the poles and evaluate the impact on the ecosystem.</li><li>Generate a Be
 st Practice protocol for plastic collection and analysis in the Polar regio
 ns.</li></ol><p style="text-align: justify;">The workshop is open to scient
 ists from different disciplines with interest in the processes regulating t
 he distribution, magnitude and ecosystem impact of plastic debris in Polar 
 environments. Experts on marine plastic debris policy change and mitigation
  are also welcome.<br /> <br /><strong>Sunday, June 17, 2018</strong><br />
 <strong>9am - 12pm</strong><br /><strong>Room: B Pischa</strong><br /><stro
 ng>Open to anyone</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http
 s://apecs.is/images/Heike/Plastic_AG_Meeting.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noop
 ener">Meeting Flyer</a></p>
CONTACT:SCAR - PLASTIC - AG@jiscmail . ac . uk
DTSTAMP:20260421T090905Z
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180617T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180617T120000
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