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The 1st International Workshop on Marine Litter
in the Northwest Pacific Region in Toyama, Japan 2005
The 1st International Workshop on Marine Litter in the Northwest
Pacific Region was held on 14-15 November, 2005, in Toyama,
Japan. The workshop was organized by the Japanese Ministry of
Environment and the Northwest Pacific Region Environmental
Cooperation Center (NPEC).
Presentations were delivered to address the marine litter issue at
the both global and regional levels by representatives from the
UNEP Regional Seas Programme, NOWPAP RCU and Tokyo University of
Marine Science and Technology.
Representatives from each NOWPAP member state made presentations
under several subjects such as status reports on marine litter
in the NOWPAP member countries; simulation model and monitoring
of marine litter distribution in the Northwest Pacific region
and its related areas; policy and management for marine litter
in NOWPAP members; and other topics concerning marine litter.
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