{"id":247,"date":"2010-04-14T00:21:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T00:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pasopacifico.org\/2010\/04\/ocean-conservancy-report\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T08:05:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T14:05:29","slug":"ocean-conservancy-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/ocean-conservancy-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Conservancy Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Trash in Our Ocean has Become One <\/span>of the Worst Pollution Problems We Face Threatening Ecosystems, <\/span>Wildlife, and Coastal Economies<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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Data collected during the 24th annual International Coastal Cleanup provide the only global <\/i><\/span>snapshot of the marine debris problem; 500,000 volunteers around the world removed 7.4 <\/i><\/span>million pounds of trash from our ocean, lakes and rivers<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

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Washington, DC \u2013 Today, Ocean Conservancy releases Trash Travels: From Our<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
Hands to the Sea, Around the Globe, and Through Time<\/i> \u2013 the only global snapshot of<\/span><\/div>\n
the marine debris problem facing wildlife, economies and marine ecosystems. Nearly<\/span><\/div>\n
500,000 volunteers around the world combed their local beaches and waterways<\/span><\/div>\n
collecting trash and recording the data during the 24th annual International Coastal<\/span><\/div>\n
Cleanup \u2013 the largest volunteer effort of its kind. Volunteers removed and recorded 7.4<\/span><\/div>\n
million pounds of trash in 108 countries and locations, 45 US states and the District<\/span><\/div>\n
of Columbia. The report features Ocean Conservancy\u2019s annual Marine Debris Index<\/i> \u2013<\/span><\/div>\n
the world\u2019s only country-by-country, state-by-state analysis of trash in our ocean and<\/span><\/div>\n
waterways. Trash Travels<\/i> also shines a spotlight on the growing threat of marine debris<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2013 one of our greatest global pollution problems.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Ocean Conservancy\u2019s International Coastal Cleanup engages volunteer organizations<\/span><\/div>\n
and individuals to remove trash and debris from the world\u2019s beaches and waterways; to<\/span><\/div>\n
identify the sources of debris; and to change policies and behaviors that cause marine<\/span><\/div>\n
debris in the first place. Visit www.oceanconservancy.org<\/a> to download the report and<\/span><\/div>\n
to find out what you can do to make a difference – including signing up for the 25th<\/span><\/div>\n
International Coastal Cleanup to be held around the world on September 25th, 2010.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trash in Our Ocean has Become One of the Worst Pollution Problems We Face Threatening Ecosystems, Wildlife, and Coastal Economies Data collected during the 24th annual International Coastal Cleanup provide the only global snapshot of the marine debris problem; 500,000 volunteers around the world removed 7.4 million pounds of trash from our ocean, lakes and rivers Washington, DC \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213,211],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-conservation-areas-projects","7":"category-environmental-conservation","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5949,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions\/5949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}