Global ecological, social and economic impacts of marine plastic

MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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Article

Beaumont, Nicola J.¹  Aanesen, Margrethe²  Austen, Melanie C.¹  Borger, Tobias³  Clark, James R.¹  Cole, Matthew¹  Hooper, Tara¹  Lindeque, Penelope K.¹  Pasco, Christine¹  Wyles, Kayleigh J.⁴ 

[1] Plymouth Marine Lab, Prospect Pl, Plymouth PL1 3DH, Devon, England

[2] UiT Arctic Univ Norway, POB 6050, N-9037 Tromso, Norway

[3] Univ Stirling, Econ Div, Stirling FK8 4LA, Scotland

[4] Univ Surrey, Sch Psychol, Guildford GU2 7XH, Surrey, England

关键词: Plastic waste;    Ecosystem service;    Valuation;    International;    Societal;    Financial costs;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.03.022

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

This research takes a holistic approach to considering the consequences of marine plastic pollution. A semi systematic literature review of 1191 data points provides the basis to determine the global ecological, social and economic impacts. An ecosystem impact analysis demonstrates that there is global evidence of impact with medium to high frequency on all subjects, with a medium to high degree of irreversibility. A novel translation of these ecological impacts into ecosystem service impacts provides evidence that all ecosystem services are impacted to some extent by the presence of marine plastic, with a reduction in provision predicted for all except one. This reduction in ecosystem service provision is evidenced to have implications for human health and wellbeing, linked particularly to fisheries, heritage and charismatic species, and recreation.

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