IMO, FAO to reduce marine plastic litter

ln light of the global issue of marine plastic litter, IMO and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (F AO) shake their hands and inked an agreement in order to prevent and reduce marine plastic litter coming from shipping and fisheries.

ln fact, the agreement focuses on how the agencies will jointly execute the project and marks the next step towards many strategic partnerships anticipated under the project.

Through their collaboration, both sides will move fo1ward and jointly implement the GloLitter Partnerships Project, initially launched in December 2019, with funding from Nmway.

For the records, the GloLitter project will help developing countries to identify opportunities to prevent and reduce marine litter, including plastic litter, fi:om within the maritime transport and fishery sectors, and to decrease the use of plastics in these industries.

"It will identify opportunities to re-use and recycle plastics. It will directly help to achieve one of the specific targets in the global Sustainable Development Goa! (SDG) 14 - to prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular fi:om land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution, by 2025.", as IMO noted in its statement.

Moreover, IMO and FAO will now reach out to their respective fields to strengthen cooperation, not least private sector participation through a Global Industry Alliance. The agreement was signed on 14 April 2020.

(Adapted from: https:/ /safety4sea.com)

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