Story | 16 Mar, 2023
From cleaner oceans to thriving communities: the economic impacts of plastic pollution
With support from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), the Plastic Waste Free Islands project focused on six islands in the Pacific and the Caribbean regions: Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, and Saint Lucia. Three new economic briefs for the Caribbean,…
Factsheet | 2020
Ficha técnica - Os impactos do rompimento da barragem de Fundão
Breve apresentação dos principais tópicos abordados pelo Relatório Temático 1 do Painel do Rio Doce - Impactos da falha da Barragem do Fundão: um caminho para a mitigação sustentável e resiliente. Na primeira de uma série de publicações, o Painel independente do Rio Doce apresenta os seus pontos…
Factsheet | 2020
Fact Sheet - Impacts of the Fundão dam failure
Brief presentation of the main topics approached by the Rio Doce Panel Thematic Report 1 - Impacts of the Fundão Dam failure: a pathway to sustainable and resilient mitigation. In the first of a series of publications, the independent Rio Doce Panel gives its views and recommendations for moving…
Grey literature | 2022
The impacts of marine plastics on the fisheries and tourism sectors in 2019 were estimated for Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada and Saint Lucia. Impact estimates were based on both plastic accumulation and leakage into the marine environment from these countries and other countries bordering the…
Story | 22 Dec, 2022
Grey literature | 2022
This compilation brief is composed of three studies on the economic impacts of plastic pollution on tourism and fisheries in Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, and Saint Lucia, estimating direct costs for the economy of each island. Governments of these islands have started to recognise the impacts…
Grey literature | 2022
The economic impact of plastic pollution on Saint Lucia
This economic brief shows the estimated impact of marine plastic pollution on fisheries and tourism in St Lucia. Marine plastic pollution can generate significant economic costs in the form of gross domestic product (GDP) reductions, estimated at up to US$7 billion (globally) for 2018 alone (WWF…
Story | 16 Dec, 2022
Painel do Rio Doce debate os desafios da restauração durante o Fundão Dam Science Meeting
A segunda edição do Fundão Dam Rupture Science Meeting foi realizada de 21 a 22 de setembro em Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brasil, com o objetivo de compartilhar informações técnicas sobre as consequências do rompimento da Barragem do Fundão e os processos de recuperação da Bacia do Rio Doce.