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CLiP Vanuatu Marine Litter Abundance and Composition

Publisher
Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Updated
23 July 2026
Topic
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Licence
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Summary

This dataset contains 3 csv files. One file contains data on marine litter abundance and composition expressed in number of items per category. One file contains location names and GPS coordinates in decimal degrees. One file contains metadata collected during the clean-ups. A READ-ME text file contains description of columns content for the three csv files. Marine litter items were collected during beach clean-ups in the Efate Island (Vanuatu) between November 2018 and February 2019. Category list was obtain merging OSPAR and Tangaroa Blue protocols with the addition of region-specific items. The dataset includes metadata collected during the clean-ups.

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Cefas Data Portal 23/7/2026

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
12 July 2024
Harvest GUID
CEFASe6eaceb2-e772-4783-847d-25a121edd16c
Extent (Latitude)
-10.00° to -30.00°
Extent (Longitude)
160.00° to 170.00°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2019-04-15
Dataset reference date (revision)
2024-07-12
Dataset reference date (creation)
2019-01-31
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Responsible party
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) (originator, custodian, distributor, owner); Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (owner)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng