Water / Soil / Ground Environment
The symposium on marine litter was held on December 10, 2016.
International and domestic Symposium on marine litter was held in Tokyo on Saturday December 10, 2016.
The participants more than 150 changed their opinions about the latest study situation and their action pushed forward in Japan and foreign countries.
1. Event Details
Date:Saturday, December 10th, 2016
Venue:KAIUN Club, 2F Conference Hall; (2-6-4, Hirakawacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Hosted by:Ministry of the Environment Japan
2. Programs
1st Session: International Symposium
09:55-10:00 |
Opening Address |
10:00-10:40 |
Plastics in the ocean: Are there solutions to this global environmental problem? [2.4MB] |
10:40-11:20 |
History and advances in the understanding of the marine microplastic pollution [3.4MB] |
11:20-12:00 |
The case of the missing microplastic: Using computers to simulate the sources, pathways and fate of microplastic in the ocean [3.9MB] |
12:00 |
Closing |
2nd Session : Domestic Symposium
13:30-13:45 |
Opening Address |
13:45-14:15 |
Microplastic pollution : Ubiquitous occurrence, historic perspective, and global trend toward solution [4.4MB] |
14:15-14:45 |
Current status and future plan of researches on microplastic distribution from offshore to open ocean [2.8MB] |
14:45-15:15 |
Efforts to reduce marine litter through municipality collaboration [2.6MB] |
15:15-15:45 |
Girls' challenge toward the sea floor litter problem in Seto Inland Sea [1.4MB] |
15:45-16:00 |
Break |
16:00-16:30 |
Warning signs from a deep sea fish, the longnose lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox) in Suruga Bay [1.9MB] |
16:30-17:00 |
From a social system of mass production, mass consumption and mass disposal toward a resource recycling system [2.7MB] |
17:00-17:30 |
Toward the reduction of marine litter production from the inland: Efforts in Hozugawa, Kyoto [2.5MB] |
17:30-18:00 |
How should we work on marine pollution caused by plastic trash? [2.3MB] |
18:00 |
Closing |