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Promotion of action against marine plastic litter in Asia and the Pacific (CounterMEASURE II)

  • Category:

    Project

  • Keyword:

    plastic, marine litter, plastic pollution

  • Stage:

    2020 - 2020

  • National Partners:

  • International Partners:

    UNEP, Regional Office for Asia and thePacific

  • Contact

    Mr Norwin Schafferer, Project Manager
    UNEP, norwin.schafferer@un.org

    Ms Kakuko Nagatani-Yoshida, Regional Coordinator for Chemicals, Waste and Air Quality
    Asia and the Pacific Office, UNEP, nagatani-yoshida@un.org

Brief Innovation

In May 2020, Japan and UNEP announced their cooperation on Promotion of action against marine plastic litter in Asia and the Pacific (CounterMEASURE II or CM2) with Japan’s financial support of US$ 5,700,000. Japan and UNEP’s cooperation through the initial CounterMEASURE efforts along the Mekong and Ganges rivers in 2019-2020 resulted in bespoke policy recommendations to governments to help stop plastic pollution where it is leaking into waterways. It also generated a regional Framework for Plastic Leakage Assessment and Monitoring in Rivers in Asia (see Annex for the full list of outputs). CounterMEASURE II expands the work of the first phase, furthering scientific knowledge, increasing outreach and awareness, including through capacity building on the technology used; and advancing policy and behavioral changes in Mekong countries and India, with the aim of setting examples for efforts to reduce plastic pollution in rivers at both regional and global levels. Applying the methodologies and science to other locales such as Sri Lanka and Myanmar will help demonstrate the efficacy of the CounterMEASURE approach to other rivers in Asia. The second phase also looks at the impact of plastic pollution on wildlife, particularly migratory species and support policy advocacy on these issues. CounterMEASURE II is linked to the UNEP POW project 522.4 “Protecting the Marine Environment from Land-Based pollution through strengthened coordination of global action”

Overview

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

Government of Japan
National Partners:
International Partners: UNEP, Regional Office for Asia and thePacific
Location(s) in Vietnam: Can Tho
Location(s) in Other countries: Thailand, Laos, Cambodian, Ganges (India: Haridwar,Allahabad/Prayagraj, Agra, Patna), Sri Lanka, Myanmar
Stage: 2020 - 2020
Total budget: US 5.7 million

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Metrics/ diagnostics

Innovation

Policy advice

Capacity building

Investment/ financing

Public awareness/ outreach

Private sector development

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