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GRID-Arendal works on projects all around the world. To make it easier to find out what we're doing, we have organized our activities by programme, theme and partner. Find out more by selecting the project below.

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  • Abidjan Convention
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  • GRID-Arendal Marine Litter
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  • Marine environment (7)
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  • Teaterplassen (3)
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Addressing Marine Litter - A Systemic Approach

The impacts of marine plastic pollution range from ecological to socioeconomic, and cost the world at least US$8 billion dollars per year.

In progress Marine

Marine litter predictive mapping

This pilot project develops a shoreline map to define coastal areas with different likelihood of accumulating beach litter.

Completed Marine

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