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Since the early 1990s, the Irish government and civil society have been committed to an environmental policy. This policy aims to improve the conservation of flora and fauna. Home to numerous animal and plant species, marine areas are among the top priorities for protection [...]
As a member of the European Union for several decades and of the United Nations as well, Ireland complies with EU and UN environmental standards. This commitment also serves as a means of addressing numerous environmental challenges, such as marine pollution in general, plastic pollution in particular, and the growing decline of endangered marine species along the Irish coast and in the marine area as a whole.
[...] How have the Irish government dealt with marine pollution issues for the last decades? Irish government ' goals in terms of marine protection By compliance with its EU and UN commitments, Ireland aims to put more than of its vast maritime area under louche protection by the early of the next decade (UN ocean conference in Nice, France). Currently, nearly of Irish maritime areas are put under law protection. These commitments are related to EU and UN biodiversity frameworks to push back species decline pressure and revamp marine ecosystems. [...]
[...] How have the Irish government dealt with marine pollution issues for the last decades? INTRODUCTION Since the early nineties, the Irish government and civil society have been headed towards an environmental policy This policy aims at improving the conservation of fauna and flora. As homes for many fauna and flora species, marine spaces are among the main priorities areas to save because water covers more than 72% of the earth's surface. Marine surfaces are the cornerstone of globalization. As a matter of fact, international trade is working thanks to sea roads which are regularly used as navigable roads for ships. [...]
[...] Putting people at the centre of marine governance across the UK and Ireland: 20 years of society and the sea. School of Earth and Environmental Cardiff University, Belfast School of Architecture and the Built Environment, Ulster University, Belfast University Ana Luzia Lacerda, João Frias, Maria Luiza Pedrotti (2024). Tardigrades in the marine plastisphere: New hitchhikers surfing plastics. Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche sur mer UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS UMR 7093, Sorbonne Université, Villefranche sur Mer, France, Marine and Freshwater Research Centre, Atlantic Technological University, Dublin Road, Galway H91 T8NW, Ireland Casal, Mccarthy, T (2023). [...]
[...] School of Civil Engineering, University College Dublin Stephen Kneel, Caroline Gilleran Stephens, Alec Rolston, Suzanne Linnane (2023). Examining awareness, attitudes and behaviours of stakeholders in Irish Fishing towards plastic. Dundalk Institute of technology, Goyder Institute for Water Research, Adelaide, Australia. Gustavo Waltzer Fehrenbach, Robert Pogue, Frank Carter, Eoghan Clifford, Neil Rowan (2022). Implications for the seafood industry, consumers and the environment arising from contamination of shellfish with pharmaceuticals, plastics and potentially toxic elements: A case study from Irish waters with a global orientation. [...]
[...] Lusher, Jakob Strand, Marthe Larsen Haarr, Matteo Vinci, Eugenia Molina Jack, Ralf Kagi, Stefano Aliani Dorte Herzke,Vladimir Nikiforov, Sebastian Primpke, Natascha Schmidt,Joan Fabres,Bavo De Witte,,Vilde Sørnes Solbakken, Bert van Bavel (2024). Revisiting the strategy for marine litter monitoring within the european marine strategy framework directive (MSFD) . Gaetano Grilli, Barnaby Andrews, Silvia Ferrini, Tiziana Luisetti (2022). Could a mix of short- and long-term policies be the solution to tackle marine litter? Insights from a choice experiment in England and Ireland. [...]
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