| The economic cost of marine debris – including to tourism, to fishing, and shipping – is estimated at around $10.8 billion dollars annually for the APEC region. Drawing from the 2021 APEC reference list on environmental and environmentally related services, Services that support the clean-up of marine debris will identify environmental and environmentally related services and the role they play in cleaning up ocean pollution. The outcome will be APEC Policy Brief which will include recommendations to remove barriers to environmental services trade that support clean-up of marine debris – to be presented to ministers/leaders at AELW. |