Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: CARLOS ANTÔNIO AGUIAR HORTÊNCIO

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : CARLOS ANTÔNIO AGUIAR HORTÊNCIO
DATE: 20/04/2023
TIME: 08:00
LOCAL: Sala 17
TITLE:

IMPACT OF WASTE ON THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT: TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF PLASTIC WASTE COLLECTED DURING 23 YEARS OF BEACH CLEANING IN CARAVELAS - BAHIA

KEY WORDS:

Plastic; Beach; Trash at Sea; Marine Life; Coastal Environment

PAGES: 65
BIG AREA: Outra
AREA: Multidisciplinar
SUMMARY:

Synthetic polymers, commonly known as plastics, have become a permanent part of the marine environment for the first time in the long history of planetary seas. Reports of plastics in the marine environment began to appear in the early 1970s. Given the proliferation of plastics in all spheres of human activity and their increasing use value in the developing world, phenomena associated with plastic pollution of the marine environment will continue to merit attention. scientific investigation. Many of the existing studies are hampered by the lack of basic geospatial and quantitative data. The ocean is by far the largest habitat on the planet and knowledge of its plastic pollution will always require new efforts to implement public policies for the proper management of plastic waste from coastal and marine environments. There is an urgent need to adopt a policy of responsible and sustainable management of garbage on beaches and the collective construction of an educational process strengthened by society to discuss and combat the waste that is discarded on beaches or ends up reaching the sea, many studies show that the greatest part of the waste disposal is of terrestrial origin. Given the above, the present work aims to investigate the impact of litter on the marine environment through a temporal and spatial analysis of plastic waste collected during 23 years of beach cleaning in Caravelas - Bahia. Conducting analyzes of plastic waste collected on the beach and experiments, to establish whether the waste found is transported from one area to another, whether it is retained in the sand, and whether this waste returns after entering the rivers, seeking to identify the impacts caused by plastic waste, when improperly discarded in coastal and marine environments, and guide beach cleaning and environmental education actions. Statistical analyzes were carried out to verify the percentage of significance of the categories listed for litter on the beach and also the efforts of the volunteers over the years of collection. It is expected that this project will not be final, but rather point out strategies and ramifications for continuity and construction of new projects focused on solutions to minimize the impact of plastic on the marine environment.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1216239 - ANDERS JENSEN SCHMIDT
Interno - 1770872 - DIRCEU BENINCA
Interno - 2250633 - FREDERICO MONTEIRO NEVES
Externa à Instituição - SOFIA LUIZA BRITO
Interna - 1149467 - TAINA SORAIA MULLER