Plastic pollution of the world’s seas and oceans as a contemporary challenge in ocean governance

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The pervasive nature of marine plastic pollution was highlighted at the recent United Nations Environment Assembly. This meeting saw strong commitments for action, but at the same time reinforced the challenges for contemporary ocean governance in addressing marine plastic pollution.

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Marcus Haward:

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4775-0864

Marcus.Haward@utas.edu.au

Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Nat Commun

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Nat Commun

Title: Nature Communications

Publisher: Nature Publishing Group UK (London )

ISSN (Electronic): 2041-1723

Publication date (Electronic): 14 February 2018

Publication date PMC-release: 14 February 2018

Publication date Collection: 2018

Volume: 9

Electronic Location Identifier: 667

Affiliations

ISNI 0000 0004 1936 826X, GRID grid.1009.8, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, , University of Tasmania, ; Hobart, TAS 7005 Australia

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Marcus Haward http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4775-0864

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Publisher ID: 3104

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03104-3

PMC ID: 5812987

SO-VID: 72605054-f86c-4c54-a757-20e8a58ca33d

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Date received : 3 January 2018

Date accepted : 19 January 2018

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