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The Costs of Environmental Degradation from Plastic Pollution in Selected Coastal Areas in the United Republic of Tanzania: Technical Report

dc.contributor.author McIlgorm, Alistair
dc.contributor.author Xie, Jian
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-16T14:26:29Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-16T14:26:29Z
dc.date.issued 2023-03-16
dc.description.abstract Plastic waste negatively impacts ecosystems, public health, and local economies in Tanzania. For example, marine plastic and microplastic wastes contaminate beaches, sea grass areas and coral reef habitats, lower the quality of marine ecosystems and biodiversity, and endanger bird and marine wildlife through entanglement and the ingestion of plastics of different sizes. They also endanger human health through food chains. Valuation of the costs of environmental degradation (COED) from marine plastic pollution helps the country to understand the scale of the impacts and prioritize activities for mitigation of these impacts. This study developed the methodology to estimate the COED in the selected coastal areas in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam. It is the first of its kind for valuing the impacts of marine plastic wastes on local economic sectors, public health, and marine ecosystems. The valuation results reveal that marine plastics pollution causes a net economic cost to the local economic activities, especially tourism, and the natural environment of study areas, and that in some areas costs can be quite significant. The analysis of the costs across study areas and sectors is useful for prioritizing marine plastic pollution management activities. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099200503132318456/P1764010dcce8005095a3082a8d7ec4b5d
dc.identifier.uri https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39547
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington DC
dc.rights CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo/
dc.subject PLASTIC WASTE
dc.subject MARINE PLASTIC
dc.subject MARINE ECOSYSTEM
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subject FOOD CHAINS
dc.title The Costs of Environmental Degradation from Plastic Pollution in Selected Coastal Areas in the United Republic of Tanzania en
dc.title.subtitle Technical Report en
dc.type Report
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2023-03-16
okr.date.lastmodified 2023-03-16T00:00:00Z en
okr.doctype Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099200503132318456/P1764010dcce8005095a3082a8d7ec4b5d
okr.guid 099200503132318456
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 34020897
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 34020897
okr.identifier.report AUS0003181
okr.import.id 147
okr.imported true en
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099200503132318456/pdf/P1764010dcce8005095a3082a8d7ec4b5d.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Eastern and Southern Africa
okr.region.country Tanzania
okr.topic Environment :: Coastal and Marine Environment
okr.unit AFR ENR PM 2 (SAEE2)
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