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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>From: "GENERAL PNUMA - Español" <</FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sent: June 19, 2012 </FONT></DIV><FONT size=2
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<DIV><BR><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=4>UN and Partners Launch Global
Partnership on Marine Litter at Rio+20</FONT><BR>Dirección Regional - Programa
de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente<BR>Oficina Regional para América
Latina y el Caribe</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Rio de Janeiro / Nairobi, 19 June 2012
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Governments, industry representatives and UN bodies
have backed a new partnership to tackle the damage caused by marine litter to
the environment, livelihoods and human health. <BR><BR>The Global Partnership on
Marine Litter, which will be led by the United Nations Environment Programmme
(UNEP), was launched at a side event during the Rio+20 conference in Rio de
Janeiro.<BR><BR>The Government of the Netherlands, the US National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Plastics
Pollution Coalition and a number of UN agencies, were among those to signal
their support for the initiative. <BR><BR>It follows recommendations made by 64
countries at a UN meeting held in Manila earlier this year to step up global
efforts to protect oceans from land-based pollution. <BR><BR>Despite ongoing
efforts to prevent and reduce marine debris (such as plastic bottles or
discarded fishing gear), there is evidence that the problem continues to grow -
with significant impacts on biodiversity, health and livelihoods.
<BR><BR></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dirección Regional - Programa de las
Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente<BR>Oficina Regional para América Latina y
el Caribe<BR>Ciudad del Saber, Edificio 103, Avenida Morse<BR>Ciudad de Panamá -
República de Panamá<BR>Tel.: (+507) 305-3100 - Fax: 305-3105
- Sitio: </FONT><A href="http://www.pnuma.org"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>www.pnuma.org</FONT></A><BR></DIV></DIV><BR>
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