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AcknowLedgements
Impacts of Marine Debris on Biodiversity: Current Status and Potential Solutions
This report was commissioned by the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environment
Facility, in collaboration with the Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity. The work was undertaken
under the direction of Dr. Hendrik Bouwman, North-West University - South Africa and STAP Panel Member for
Chemicals and POPs. The lead authors for this report were Richard C. Thompson and Sarah C. Gall, Plymouth
University, UK, and Duncan Bury, Duncan Bury Consulting. Day-to-day technical oversight and leadership
were provided by Lev Neretin, Thomas Hammond, and Christine Wellington-Moore of the Scientific and
Technical Advisory Panel (GEF), who provided content and direction, and organized panel discussions and
other events at international gatherings to consider the impacts of marine debris on biodiversity and strategies
to address this concern.
The authors and STAP wish to thank David Cooper, Jihyun Lee, Kieran Noonan-Mooney, and Jacqueline Grekin
at the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, who provided important technical assistance,
guidance, and editorial contributions. The contributors listed below also provided data along with review
comments and suggestions that have greatly helped improve the quality of the final outcome. Editorial work
was undertaken by Marie-Thérèse Maurice. The authors, STAP, and the CBD Secretariat greatly appreciate their
advice and contributions.
Monika Thiele, Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) & UNEP; Francoise Galgani, IFREMER; Jan van
Franeker, IMARES; Chris Corbin, Caribbean Environmental Programme; Heidi Savelli, UNEP; Ellik Adler,
Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia; Courtney Arthur, NOAA Marine Debris Program; Chris Carroll,
Seas at Risk; Françoise Claro, Groupe Tortues Marine France; David Michael Fleet, The Schleswig-Holstein
Agency for Coastal Defence, National Park and Marine Conservation; Riki Gunn, Ghost Nets Australia; Seong-
Gil Kang, Marine Environmental Emergency Preparedness and Response Regional Activity Centre; Loïc
Kerambrun, Centre de documentation, de recherché et d’expérimentations sur les pollutions accidentelles des
eaux; Sue Kinsey, Marine Conservation Society; Kara Lavender Law, Sea Education Association; Keith Reid,
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources; Seba Sheavly, Sheavly Consultants;
Thomas Kirk Sørensen, DTU Aqua; Monika Stankiewicz, Helsinki Commission; Hideshige Takada, Tokyo
University of Agriculture and Technology; Joana Mira Veiga, Coastal and Marine Union, and Rei Yamashita,
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.
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