Abstract
Plastic marine pollution has become a global concern. It brings negative impacts not only on coastal areas but also on remote islands where the production of plastic waste is measly, including in Baolang Village located in Pantar Island, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. An essential effort to address the problem is initiating the formation of community networks for sustainable plastic marine pollution management in remote islands. In the case of Baolang Village, the community networks were initiated by implementing the 7-strategy method, developed by the research team. The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of the 7-strategy method to initiate the establishment of community networks for sustainable plastic marine pollution management in Baolang Village. The 7-strategy method had been exercised against 8 effectiveness parameters. All parameters have reached the expected targets; even some parameters have exceeded the targets. In conclusion, the 7-strategy method can effectively initiate the establishment of community networks for sustainable marine plastic pollution management in the case of Baolang Village. Moreover, an additional essential benefit of the 7-strategy method is that it can strengthen cooperation among various stakeholders in terms of sustainable marine pollution management.
Highlights
Plastic marine pollution has become a global problem
Plastic marine pollution has become a global concern. It brings negative impacts on coastal areas and on remote islands where the production of plastic waste is measly, including in Baolang Village located in Pantar Island, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia
Material and methods The research was conducted in Kupang and Baolang Village, Alor Regency for 3 months, September to November 2019.The method applied in this research was an independent method developed by the research team, namely the 7strategy to initiate sustainable plastic marine pollution management in remote islands
Summary
Plastic marine pollution has become a global problem. It burdens coastal areas which usually become the site of plastic pollution and remote islands where the production of plastic waste is measly. The plastic waste is carried by the current that passes through the remote islands, and as a result, pollutes the remote islands. Remote islands are prone to be the victims of plastic marine pollution. One of the remote islands in Indonesia affected by marine plastic pollution is Pantar Island in East Nusa Tenggara Province (NTT). Baolang Village as one of the villages on the island of Pantar receives the impact of this pollution even though the community produces plastic waste in the least amount. It is necessary to make efforts to tackle
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