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Experience and sharing from MCD HOANG ANH Centre for Marinelife - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Experience and sharing from MCD HOANG ANH Centre for Marinelife - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
COASTAL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN VIETNAM: Experience and sharing from MCD HOANG ANH Centre for Marinelife Conservation and Community Development (MCD) San Diego, California, USA March, 2018 Presentation Outline Vietnam Coastal Waste situation
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Vietnam coastal areas: development pressure
- 3,260km of coastal line
Vietnam square: over 300,000km2
- 50% Vietnamese population
Vietnam population: about 96 million (early 2018)
- 28 coastal provinces/63 provinces
Most have river mouths to the sea
- 15 economic zones are in the coastal areas
- Many development sectors are in the coastal
areas
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Vietnam coastal areas: development pressure
Waste pressure is generated by development sectors
Population growth Urbanization Agriculture Mining Forestry Shipping Tourism
Power
Industry development Aquaculture
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Vietnam marine waste
In 2015 waste generation: Vietnam: 27.3 million tons/year Coastal areas: 14.03 million of tons/year ~ 60% of the country Waste collection: Urban: 85.3% Rural: 40-55% Uncollected trash marine trash
Vietnamese policy:
- Not yet focus on plastic waste
- not yet have strategy or plan for coastal waste management
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So why MCD?
Centre for Marinelife Conservation and Community Development (MCD) was established as a Vietnamese non-governmental non-profit organization in 2003
under the Vietnam Association of Marine Science and Technology Inherited experience from the US based NGO called International Marinelife Alliance (IMA) in Vietnam.
Vision
MCD is a leading Vietnamese NGO in the field of coastal and marine
ecosystem conservation, striving for a coastal zone of Vietnam with healthy
ecosystems and a good quality of life for coastal communities, especially the most vulnerable.
Mission
MCD commits to promoting active cooperation between related stakeholders, implementing initiatives that integrate local knowledge and international experiences, in order to better manage coastal ecosystems and improve coastal communities’
living conditions, contributing to sustainable development of the coastal zone, especially
in the climate change context
3 + 15 years
10/28 coastal provinces
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Why MCD?
ICZM EBA Applied research Piloting initiatives, practices Recommendations for policy advocacy communication awareness raising Trash impacts to
- ecosystem. Waste
management is a must for an
- rganization like
MCD. MCD’s development steps
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MCD – ongoing efforts to address marine trash
ICC - CCC
In Vietnam, MCD - 1st ICC – in year 2000 - as one of experience for waste management and effective environment management Approach: multi-stakeholders Lesson learnt: key trash in coastal area to local decision and further involvement Places: 11 coastal provinces (north to south of Vietnam) Activities: 35 ICC events and other side-events like waste sorting for boat owner, classes on ecosystem for children Participants: 13,000 people
Vietnam National ICC Coordinator
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ICC and side-events in Vietnam
The very first ICC in central coast of Vietnam The co-organizer: MCD and Department of Natural Resources and Environment
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ICC and side-events in Vietnam
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Other ongoing efforts on marine trash management
Reducing marine plastic pollution in red river delta, central coastal of Vietnam including Ha Long bay:
- Increasing the innovation and effectiveness of local government, civil society
and PPPs in reducing plastic pollution of the marine environment;
- Raising community and public awareness to reduce plastic pollution of marine
environments, using friendly-environmental materials…
- Promoting reduce, reuse and recycle for plastics waste
Promoting local technology of collecting trash in waterway Promoting social network in connecting to reduce marine trash initiatives Initiators of Vietnam Zero Waste Alliance
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Ongoing efforts on marine trash management
Promoting 3R practices
Organic composting Pilot localized automatic trash trapper with oil refinery in the sea Replacing Styrofoam buoys for aquaculture cages
Using friendly-environmental material Trash collection initiatives
Understanding the plastics recycle situation Floating trash bin in fishing port Plastics waste separation
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Things for discussion
Raising community awareness, green living style: more efforts from stakeholders Promoting local innovative technique: in 3R, collection and waste solution also involvement from businesses or banks for effective localized innovative technique Enhancing collaboration: multi-stakeholder Piloting models: learning and sharing globally Improving policy: through piloting innovation/models
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