Marine Litter in Croatian Adriatic: Sources, Quantities and Stakeholders′ Perspectives

Funduk, Marina; Tutman, Pero; Farkaš, Anamarija; Tišma, Sanja; Boromisa, Ana-Maria

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Marine Litter in Croatian Adriatic: Sources, Quantities and Stakeholders′ Perspectives

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Ana-Maria Boromisa

Institute for Development and International Relations, Lj. F. Vukotinovića 2, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia

Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Šetalište Ivana Meštrovića 63, 21000 Split, Croatia

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Sustainability 2021, 13(9), 4691; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094691

Received: 16 March 2021 / Revised: 19 April 2021 / Accepted: 20 April 2021 / Published: 22 April 2021

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The problem of marine litter is becoming more visible in Croatia. The main goal of this paper is to investigate issues related to marine litter in the Croatian Adriatic, from the current state of sources and quantities of marine litter, through marine litter monitoring and legislation, to stakeholders’ awareness about the marine litter issue in Croatia. The topic was designed as a case study and was covered by the method of document analysis and the survey method. Quantitative analysis was done for involved stakeholders and their level of interest. The mean value method and method for stakeholder mapping for marine areas was used. In addition, an exhaustive review of Croatian marine litter studies was done. The results of the research indicate that our knowledge about marine litter sources and quantities in the Croatian Adriatic is still quite scarce and that the stakeholders in Croatia have a moderate level of interest in the marine litter issue. Conclusions indicate that in Croatia particular attention is committed to strengthening both bilateral and multilateral relations with the neighboring countries given the transboundary nature that allows marine litter to spread over long distances. View Full-Text

Keywords: marine litter; Croatian Adriatic; sources; quantities; monitoring; legislation; stakeholders′ interest

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Funduk, M.; Tutman, P.; Farkaš, A.; Tišma, S.; Boromisa, A.-M. Marine Litter in Croatian Adriatic: Sources, Quantities and Stakeholders′ Perspectives. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4691. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094691

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Funduk M, Tutman P, Farkaš A, Tišma S, Boromisa A-M. Marine Litter in Croatian Adriatic: Sources, Quantities and Stakeholders′ Perspectives. Sustainability. 2021; 13(9):4691. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094691

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Funduk, Marina; Tutman, Pero; Farkaš, Anamarija; Tišma, Sanja; Boromisa, Ana-Maria. 2021. "Marine Litter in Croatian Adriatic: Sources, Quantities and Stakeholders′ Perspectives" Sustainability 13, no. 9: 4691. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094691

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Marina Funduk

Marina FUNDUK, PhD, is a research associate at the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) from Zagreb. She holds a degree in political science (2005), an Advanced Master of European Studies (2008), and a PhD in Comparative Politics from the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb (2015). She has been working as a reseacher at the IRMO Department for Resource Economics, Environmental Protection and Regional Development since 2008 and has 13 years of professional experience as a political scientist in the field of environmental protection. In the last 10 years she participated in a number of development projects related to the protection of natural resouces. Her research interests include environmental policy, environmental security, sustainable development, nature protection, water management, and marine litter management

Pero Tutman

1. Pero Tutman, PhD, Scientific Advisor 2. Graduated from the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Department of Biology in 1997; master's degree from the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, in the field of natural sciences and oceanology in 2002; PhD from the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb in the field of natural sciences and biology in 2006. 3. Since 1998 he has worked in the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries in Split, Croatia. 4. Ecology of fish, exotic fish species, and marine litter. 5. Croatian Biological Society, 1885, Croatian Ecological Society, Croatian Ichthyological Society, European Ichthyology Society (EIS)

Anamarija Farkaš

Anamarija FARKAŠ, PhD, is a senior research associate at the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) from Zagreb. She graduated in 1990 from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology. In 2004 Ms. Farkaš obtained a PhD from the same home institution. Since 1994 Ms. Farkaš has been working as researcher at the IRMO Department for Resource Economics, Environmental Protection and Regional Development. Her activities have been focused on chemistry and ecology, environmental policy, environmental engineering, and environmental economy. Ms. Farkaš has 20 years of professional experience as a scientist and chemical analyst, particularly in the field of sustainable development, protection, and improvement of the environment. In the last 10 years she participated in the project investigation and application of natural resources (natural minerals) in ecological agriculture, forestry protection, and wastewater treatment. Her research also includes all bioeconomy sectors. She is a member of several environmental organizations.

Sanja Tišma

Sanja Tišma, Ph.D., Senior Scientific Adviser. She graduated in 1987 from the Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb. From the same faculty she obtained an MSc degree in 1991 and a PhD degree in 1997. She has been working in the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) since 1989. In 2001, she became the Head of the Resource Economics, Environmental Policy and Regional Development Department and has been the Director of the IRMO since 2009. She is a lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Zagreb, the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, and the Faculty of Geotehnical Engineering, University of Zagreb. Her research interests include sustainable development and good governance, environmental economics, strategic planning and management, and project management. Mrs. Tišma has published the results of her research in a series of scientific papers and has published nine author’s books, of which two were published by Routledge: "Green Jobs for Sustainable Development" (2016), and "Environmental Finance and Development" (2012). She is also a member of BIC – Bio-based Industries Consortium, the Croatian section of the European Association for Regional Research, EADI – European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes, DOOR – Society for Sustainable Development, Karst Network, and ISEE – International Society for Ecological Economics.

Ana-Maria Boromisa

Ana-Maria Boromisa, PhD, Research Advisor at the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) in Zagreb. Ms Boromisa received her doctorate from the Economics Faculty in Zagreb (2004), her master's in European Studies from the College of Europe, Natolin, Poland (1995), and in power engineering from the University of Zagreb (1994). She has extensive research and consulting experience in the area of her interest, which relates to economic and financial analysis, environmental financing, climate change, decarbonization, waste, and energy. In this area she participates in projects and publishes papers. Dr Boromisa is a head of the Department for International Economic and Political Relations at IRMO. She was a also member of the IRMO management board from 2006 to 2012 and the president of Scientific Council (2013-2017). In the period from 2001 to 2005 she served as a commissioner at the Croatian Energy Regulatory Council and before that worked as an engineer at the Zagreb airport.

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