Small Environmental Actions Need of Problem-Solving Approach: Applying Project Management Tools to Beach Litter Clean-Ups

Clean-ups can be considered real conservation actions since beach litter may impact many ecosystem components. However, although these actions are quite easy to carry out, we think that they need to follow specific criteria and clear planning. Contrariwise, an unplanned clean-up could lead to counte...

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Published inEnvironments (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 7; no. 10; p. 87
Main Authors Battisti, Corrado, Poeta, Gianluca, Romiti, Federico, Picciolo, Lorenzo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2020
Subjects
adaptation
beach litter
Beaches
Caretta caretta
Cleanup operations
Environmental impact
Environmental management
Flow charts
Litter
Management tools
monitoring
Planning
Problem solving
project cycle
Project management
SWOT analysis
Threats
Trampling
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Summary:Clean-ups can be considered real conservation actions since beach litter may impact many ecosystem components. However, although these actions are quite easy to carry out, we think that they need to follow specific criteria and clear planning. Contrariwise, an unplanned clean-up could lead to counter-productive—or even harmful—consequences to the fragile dune ecosystem; e.g., excessive trampling and/or extreme sand removal. Here, we defined a road map for implementing beach clean-ups according to the logic of problem solving and project management, also adding a flow chart. More particularly, we subdivided the clean-up project into different steps as follows: context analysis, input and planning, process, monitoring (outputs and outcomes) and adaptation.
ISSN:2076-3298
2076-3298
DOI:10.3390/environments7100087