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Assessment and Stocktaking of Utilization of Plastic and its Derivatives in the Farming and Fisheries Systems in Vietnam

  • Category:

    Project

  • Keyword:

    plastic, marine litter, fisheries

  • Stage:

    - 2020

  • National Partners:

  • International Partners:

  • Contact

    Rana Flowers
    rflowers@unicef.org

Brief Innovation

The proliferating utilization of plastic and its derivate in agricultural, forestry, and fisheries production, transportation, processing, storage and commercialization systems is increasingly posing a global threat to the environment, the natural resources sustainability, and the eco-systems around the world, be it terrestrial or aquatic and marine eco-systems, and thereby also to human and animal health. This is no different in Vietnam as a predominantly agricultural country in which up to 75 percent of the population depend either directly or indirectly on the agriculture-food sector, and where agriculture and fisheries/aquaculture systems are intensive. For contributing to the development of true ecologically sustainable farming and fisheries/aquaculture systems it is pivotal to embark on a process to gradually achieve a pollutant and plastic free sector environment. As a starting point it is fundamental (a) to generate an in-depth understanding on the specific types of plastic/derivatives utilized at the various levels/areas of the farming and fisheries systems, (b) to quantify their utilization using specific parameters, (c) to verify and quantify the related impacts/damages caused to terrestrial and aquatic/marine ecosystems, and (d) to search for strategies, concepts and pragmatic alternatives to replace those plastic/derivatives by eco-friendly alternatives and through systems changes (including circular/recycling systems).

Overview

Category: Project
Keyword: plastic, marine litter, fisheries
Donner:

FAO
National Partners:
International Partners:
Location(s) in Vietnam: Ba Ria Vung Tau, Quang Ninh, Son La, Thai Binh, Hai Duong, Ha Noi
Location(s) in Other countries:
Stage: - 2020
Total budget: USD 50,000

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Metrics/ diagnostics

Innovation

Policy advice

Capacity building

Investment/ financing

Public awareness/ outreach

Private sector development

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