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Marine Debris Research - Effects of marine debris on wildlife

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

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TeachWild was a national program connecting regional and remote teachers, students and Shell employees through experiential learning aimed at tackling the global issue of marine debris. The program was a national partnership aimed at answering some key questions: Where does marine debris come from? Where does marine debris go? How much marine debris is produced nationally in Australia? What it the risk marine debris poses to wildlife? Over three years, the TeachWild partnership achieved the following:

Over 170 beaches were surveyed, by CSIRO and the participating students, around the coast of Australia (equating to a survey every 100 km), enabling the development of Australia’s first national risk assessment for marine debris;

5700 students were partnered with leading researchers to understand the causes and effects of marine debris and contributed to the solution;

160 teachers and Shell employees have worked in the field alongside scientists conducting cutting edge research into the fate of plastics on our marine wildlife; and

A body of free education resources, materials and tools were provided to educators and government agencies across the country to engage students in the issue of marine debris.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Marine Debris Research - Effects of marine debris on wildlife
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/feed7cec-fe4b-48e3-bb22-527b20cfc053
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
Qamar.Schuyler@csiro.au
Reference Period 11/10/2023
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal CSIRO Marlin

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Marine Debris Research - Effects of marine debris on wildlife". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/marine-debris-research-effects-of-marine-debris-on-wildlife