2024年南亚海洋塑料污染报告（EN）.pdfVIP

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SouthAsiasmountaineconomiesofAfghanistan,Bhutan,

andNepaljointheregionsoceaneconomiesof

Bangladesh,India,Maldives,Pakistan,andSriLanka

tocurbmarineplasticpollution.

Thisreportispartofalargerseriesofstocktakingandanalyticalproductsonplasticpollution

inSouthAsia.ThisworkisundertakenaspartoftheWorldBank’sworkprogramonSouth

AsiaMarinePlasticsPollution,whichaimstopromotecircularplasticeconomysolutions,

advancerelatedcountry-levelpolicyandinvestmentdialogues,andraiseawarenessofthe

deleteriousimpactsofmarineplasticpollutiononpeople’slivesandlivelihoods.Itsupports

theBank’scommitmenttoworkwithcountriesofSouthAsiatopursueandscale-uppolicies

andprogramsthathelpthemmovetowardacircularplasticeconomyand,inpartnership

withcivilsocietyandtheprivatesector,harnessesthepowerofinnovationtobringviableand

sustainablesolutionsforplasticwastereductionandmanagementacrosstheregion.

ThisstudyissupportedwithgenerousfundingfromtheSouthAsiaWaterInitiative(SAWI)

andthepublicationofthisreportwa