Nations are being urged to mobilise the political will necessary to implement and operationalise the Global Plan of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land Based Activities (GPA) since coastal ecosystems contribute significantly to economies.
The call was made by Deputy Director of the United Nations Environmental Programme-Division of Environmental Policy Implementation (UNEP-DEPI) Elizabeth Maruma Mrema last Wednesday during the opening ceremony of the Second Global Conference on Land-Ocean Connections,