Research - Oslo, Oslo, Norway
ASEANO is a regional capacity building project tackling plastic pollution from key sources in the ASEAN region. ASEANO is led by NIVA and CSEAS Indonesia, in collaboration with PEMSEA and the ASEAN secretariat, under the sectoral body ASEAN Working Group on Coastal and Marine Environment.The ASEANO project works in three river basins: The Bandung and Citarum Rivers in Indonesia and Imus River in the Philippines.The main goal of the ASEANO project is to build capacity to tackle plastic pollution from key sources in the ASEAN region through improved knowledge on sources, releases, transport, and fate of plastic pollution. The core objectives include illuminating driving forces and its implications for economy, development, environment, and human wellbeing, through the four interlinked project pillars:- Reduction measures for key industry sectors;- Environmental monitoring methods and capacity building;- Socio-economic impacts and reduction measures; and- Education and dissemination.Through a multidisciplinary, cross-sectoral, and integrated approach the ASEANO project will focus on local municipality/city level sustainability and a set of sound and feasible measures to reduce plastic pollution from key sectors.The project is funded by the Norwegian Development Program to Combat Marine Litter and Microplastics for the period 2019-2022.
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