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Beach clean-ups
by Fundación para la Protección del Mar - PROMAR (Non-governmental organization (NGO))
Promar has 25 years leading the beaches and underwater clean ups in Panam.

Objectives: Provide education about plastic contamination and marine debris to the public. Incentivate the participation in the 3 rs, and compromise to developed local solutions for garbage problems to protect the oceans.

Implementation: All ready in process

Methodologies: Ocean Conservancy data sheet.

Follow-up: Beach clean up data is collected by PROMAR each year


Progress reports
14.1
By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
Type of commitment
PLASTICS
  • Coastal clean-ups
  • Plastics product bans or restrictions
  • Plastics recovery/recycling/reuse
November 2017
50 register beach and underwater cleanups around the country by november of each years
In-kind contribution
Donations from individuals and private institutions
Basic information
Time-frame: January 1992 - December 2030
Partners
Fundacin para la Proteccin del Mar/PROMAR (L)(NGO), Sociedad Audubon de Panam (L)(NGO), Panam Verde (L)(NGO), Asociacin Nacional para la Conservacin de la Naturaleza/ANCON (L)(NGO), Ministerio de Ambiente/ MiAmb(Government), Autoridad de los Recursos Acuticos de Panam/ARAP(Government), Municipio de Panam/MUPA
Ocean Basins
  • Global
Beneficiary countries
Other beneficaries
Local communities, fisheries, other government institutions, civil society, schools and private sector involve in social and enviromental work or marine conservation.
Contact information
Ricardo Wong Domnguez, President , ricardowd@hotmail.com, (507) 6673-9251
Panama, Panama
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