通过一次性塑料废物对水生生态系统的污染已被认为是21世纪最重要的挑战之一。在全球范围内,由于聚合物污染的效果,已有500个海洋位置被确定为死区,每个区域约为245,000km²(欧洲生物塑料,2019年)。为了解决水生生态系统中一次性塑料废物的问题,科学家提出了一种基于自然的解决方案,涉及用称为“生物塑料”的可生物降解塑料替换合成塑料。除了生物塑料之外;其他治疗方案污染了生态系统,并使数百万吨的塑料废物积聚在生态系统中(Dada,2019; Abdelmoez等,2021; Nomadolo等,2022)。因此,需要一种可持续的环保选择,以取代合成不可降解的塑料,例如生物塑料。
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As South Sudan's transition period draws towards its end, with a new constitution and national elections planned to take place by December 2024, the question of democratic and civic space has assumed heightened importance.Based on the Commission's independent investigations, this paper examines the current situation of South Sudanese media and civil society actors.对媒体和民间社会的压制待遇是负责治理和民主社会的前景的关键指标。The paper details how the National Security Service has instituted a pervasive and unlawful censorship regime to curtail independent media, and imposed widespread restrictions and surveillance on civil society groups and their activities.It further highlights the persistence of attacks on journalists and human rights defenders both in and outside South Sudan, as well as online, often involving human rights violations carried out with absolute impunity.