This report prepared under a collaborative partnership between the Ocean Conservancy and UNEP Regional Seas Programme, provides an overview of the status of marine litter in UNEP's assisted Regional Seas, based on the analysis of regional reviews, and regional action plan documents prepared in the regions.

It makes a comparative analysis of all available materials and draws conclusions regarding the state of marine litter at the global and regional levels, and concludes that there is an urgent need to approach the issue of marine litter through better enforcement of laws and regulations, expanded outreach and educational campaigns and the employment of strong economic instruments and incentives.

Additional related resources are available at:  http://www.unep.org/regionalseas/marinelitter/publications/default.asp