Youth and Community Solutions to Marine Pollution form Landbased Activities Agenda
Communities are important component to mitigate marine pollution form land-based activities. It is imperative to change collective behavior and cultures within communities to reduce marine pollution. This forum will focus on community-based awareness-raising efforts, advocacy, innovations, and the application of science and grass-root knowledge. The forum will seek solutions through the actions of communities, particularly youth and show how these actions can play essential roles in mitigating marine pollution form land-based activities.
This theme will look at three to find value in marine pollution form landbased activities: (1) Solution to Combat Marine Litter; (2) Solution to Reduce of Marine Pollution from Increased Nutrients; and (3) Solution to Reduce of Marine Pollution from Wastewater. The forum will focus on how inclusive these community and youth-oriented actions are – and whether they fully consider how marine pollution affects various groups in different ways, and how to replicate and upscale these community and youth solutions into policy-making and business innovations.
Topics that will be covered including:
1. The Role of Youth in Controlling Marine Pollution from Land-based Activities;
2. Scout Movement Contribution to Control Marine Pollution from Landbased Activities;
3. Communities Contribution to Control Marine Pollution from Land-based Activities;
4. Millennial Contribution in Controlling Marine Pollution from Land-based Activities through Legislative Advocation.