UN Environment MAP MEDPOL Marine Litter Monitoring Activities

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1 UN Environment MAP MEDPOL Marine Litter Monitoring Activities SWIM H2020 SM Regional Training on Marine Litter Monitoring Athens, Greece, 25 October 2018 Jelena Knezevic, Christos Ioakeimidis Mediterranean Pollution Assessment and Control Programme (MED POL) UN Environment/Mediterranean Action Plan, Barcelona Convention

2 Outline of the Presentation 1. Integrated Monitoring and Assessment (IMAP EO10). Three Common Indicators on Marine Litter 2. IMAP Guidance fact sheets 3. Meta Data reporting templates on marine litter 4. Assessment: 2017 Mediterranean Quality Status Report (QSR). 5. Baseline and reference values at regional level 6. Marine Litter reduction target 7. National Implementation of IMAP a) National marine litter monitoring programme b) Capacity building ( ECAP MED II), ML MED, H2020 c) First delivery of data from pilot projects 5. Develop Candidate Indicator 24: a. Defining most representative species for IMAP Candidate Indicator 24; b. Training session for sharing technical skills on marine litter ingestion by sea turtles; c. A specific Protocol on monitoring amounts of litter ingested by or entangling selected species has been developed to harmonize methods and data collection.

3 Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme for the Mediterranean: Key Milestones Decision IG 19/6 ECAP RoadMAP COP 17, 2015 Decision IG.21/3: Ecosystems Approach including GES definitions COP 18, 2015 Decision IG 21/1 MAP Mid-Term Strategy: , COP 19 Decision IG 22/14: POW, COP 20, 2017 Decision IG.22/7: 2017 MED QSR endorsed 2023 MED QSR: way forward Decision IG 21/10 IMAP: COP 19, 2016

4 Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme for the Mediterranean: Key Milestones

5 Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme for the Mediterranean: Marine Litter Ecological Objective 10: Marine Litter Common Indicator 22: Trends in the amount of litter washed ashore and/or deposited on coastlines (including analysis of its composition, spatial distribution and, where possible, source); Common Indicator 23: Trends in the amount of litter in the water column including microplastics and on the seafloor; and Candidate Indicator 24: Trends in the amount of litter ingested by or entangling marine organisms, especially mammals, marine birds and turtles.

6 IMAP Guidance Fact Sheets Pollution and Marine Litter (WG.439/12)

7 IMAP Guidance Factsheets: Marine Litter CI22

8 IMAP Guidance Factsheets: Marine Litter CI23 Seafloor Marine Litter

9 IMAP Guidance Factsheets: Marine Litter CI23 Floating Marine Litter

10 Meta Data Templates: Pollution and Marine Litter (WG.439/14) CORMON on Marine Litter Monitoring (Madrid, Spain, 28 Feb. 2 Mar. 2017) reviewed a proposal by MED POL on the main elements to build data and metadata reporting on Marine Litter in the Mediterranean. MEDPOL Focal Points Meeting (Rome, Italy, May 2017) reviewed and approved the amended versions. Agreed Meta Data Templates for i) Beach Marine Litter, and ii) Seafloor Marine Litter; Floating Marine Litter and Microplastics will be developed during the biennium.

11 Meta Data Templates: Marine Litter (WG.439/14) Marine Litter Meta Data Templates: Beach Marine Litter

12 Meta Data Templates: Marine Litter (WG.439/14) Beach Marine Litter:

13 Meta Data Templates: Marine Litter (WG.439/14) Seafloor Marine Litter:

14 Assessment: a key component of MAP system to support policy making and implementation MED QSR

15 Assessment: a key component of MAP system to support policy making and implementation w w w. m e d q s r. o r g

16 Assessment of Marine Litter in the Mediterranean The 2017 Mediterranean Quality Status Report w w w. m e d q s r. o r g

17 From 2017 MED QSR to 2023 MED: Key steps and lessons learned Mediterranean 2017 Quality Status Report Decision IG.23/6 (COP 20, Tirana, Albania, December 2017) IMAP implemented at national; where applicable subregional level; Towards the Fully Data-Based 2023 MED QSR MED QSR 2023 Roadmap, including better linkages pressures/impact/states

18 From 2017 MED QSR to 2023 MED: Key steps and lessons learned Implementation of the IMAP at national and where applicable subregional level: New data are required deriving from the implementation of the updated integrated national monitoring and assessment programmes; Improve regular reporting to a fully-fledged and operational IMAP Info System ; Ensure sufficient resources to contribute to the preparation of the 2023 MED QSR; Towards the Fully Data-Based 2023 MED QSR: Follow-up on the proposed general, biodiversity, coast and hydrography, and pollution and marine litter directions.

19 Marine Litter Baseline Values (Decision IG.22/10 Annex III) Marine Litter EcAp Indicators Minimum Value Maximum Value Mean Value Proposed Baseline Beaches (items / 100m) Common Indicator 22 Floating Litter (items / km 2 ) Common Indicator 23 Sea Floor Litter (items / km 2 ) Common Indicator 23 Micro-plastics (items / km 2 ) Common Indicator 23 Sea Turtles Candidate Indicator 24 Affected turtles (%) 11 3, , , ,860, , , ,000 14% 92.5% 45.9% 40 60% Ingested litter (gr)

20 Marine Litter Environmental Targets (Decision IG.22/10 Annex III) Marine Litter EcAp Indicators Type of Target Minimum Maximum Reduction Targets Remarks Beaches (Common Indicator 22) Floating Litter (Common Indicator 23) Sea Floor Litter (Common Indicator 23) Micro-plastics (Common Indicator 23) Ingested Litter (Candidate Common Indicator 24) Number of turtles with ingested litter (%) % decrease significant 30 20% by 2024 % decrease - - % decrease stable 10% in 5 years % decrease - - % decrease in the rate of affected animals Statistically Significant Statistically Significant Statistically Significant Statistically Significant not 100% marine pollution sources are difficult to control (trans border movements) 15% in 15 years is possible sources are difficult to control (trans border movements) Movements of litter and Animals to be considered Amount of ingested litter % decrease in quantity of ingested weight(g) Statistically Significant

21 National Implementation of Libya 2018 Egypt 2018 (EEAA)

22 National Implementation of IMAP 3 pollution workshops and progress on regional level: 24 new/updated pollution assessment criteria: - Morocco (Rabat, Feb. 2018); - Egypt (Alexandria, Feb. 2018); - Tunisia (Tunis, March 2018).

23 Development of the Candidate Indicator 24 Defining the most representative species for IMAP Candidate Indicator 24 (ENG/FRE) (WG.452/Inf.4); A training session for sharing technical skills on marine litter ingestion by sea turtles was successfully organized in Portici, Naples on 6 July 2017 (Cooperation with INDICIT project); A French-speaking training session will be organized in Monastir, Tunisia (1-2 November 2018) where sea turtle experts from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Lebanon will participate; A specific Protocol on monitoring the amount of litter ingested by or entangling the selected species to harmonize methods and data collection has been developed (ENG/FRE).

24 Development of the Candidate Indicator 24 Within the framework of Assessment of available data to propose GES Targets with regards to the amounts of litter ingested by or entangling the sea turtles, a specific questionnaire has been prepared and disseminated through the SPA/RAC focal points and the Med Marine turtles specialists Network. The first draft of the assessment, the review of which is ongoing, was prepared based on the questionnaire. An agreement will be done with the Marine Turtles rescue centers of Tunisia and Lebanon in order to implement the specific protocol on monitoring the amount of litter ingested by or entangling by sea turtles. SPA/RAC will define the executing phases for the preparation of an operational strategy for monitoring the IMAP Candidate Indicator 24, which is planned for the end of 2018.

25 EcAp InfoMAP service development Monitoring data QA/QC validation Step 3 Monitoring data compliant with IS upload Information standard & DD download Step 2 Step 1 CPs

26 Thank you Mediterranean Action Plan Coordinating Unit Barcelona Convention Secretariat Christos Ioakeimidis Marine Litter Expert Mediterranean Pollution Assessment and Control Programme (MED POL) UN Environment/Mediterranean Action Plan Barcelona Convention Secretariat