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The Task Force noted the contribution made by the 2013 report ‘Our Nutrient World’1 which had been prepared by the Global Partnership on Nutrient Management in cooperation with the International Nitrogen Initiative, and which was led by Mr. (...) Zhang Y. (2013) Our Nutrient World: The challenge to produce more food and energy with less pollution. Global Overview of Nutrient Management. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Edinburgh on behalf of the Global Partnership on Nutrient Management and the International Nitrogen Initiative. 114 pp. http://initrogen.org/index.php/publications/our-nutrient-world/).

The session was organized in separate meetings of the two pilot groups (dealing with land use/land cover and nutrients in the environment, respectively) on 6 December, preceding the plenary session on 7 December. (...) CES/803 Annex page 4 - The partners in the pilot study on nutrients in the environment will start immediate data work. (...) - The Pilot Group on nutrients in the environment tentatively plans to hold a meeting in Voorburg on 11 April 1994.

Other representatives of the secretariat provided additional background information on the work of the Global Partnership on Marine Litter, the Global Partnership on Nutrient Management and the Global Wastewater Initiative. (...) Agree to continue work on: (a) Enhancing the mainstreaming of the protection of coastal and marine ecosystems, especially from the environmental threats caused by increased nutrients, wastewater, and marine litter and microplastics; (b) Enhancing capacity-building, know-how and knowledge sharing through collaboration and partnerships involving governments, the private sector, civil society and experts at the regional and global levels in the protection of coastal and marine ecosystems from land-based activities and sources of pollution; 2. Note that the follow-up work of the Global Programme of Action should include, subject to future discussions on the form and implications: (a) Continued efforts relating to the three pollution streams – nutrients, wastewater and marine litter and microplastics from land-based sources – in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a framework for sustainable development; (b) Strengthening of the Global Partnership on Marine Litter, the Global Partnership on Nutrient Management and the Global Wastewater Initiative, as well as the interlinkages between the partnerships; (c) Improvement of the coordination, engagement and support of the work with Member States on land-based pollution, and fostering of linkages with the Regional Seas Programme and other relevant platforms and international initiatives for effective delivery; (d) Continued efforts to combat pollution from nutrients, wastewater, and marine litter and microplastics from land-based sources in an integrated manner, and the inclusion of the land/sea and freshwater/seawater interfaces in action plans for addressing marine litter, wastewater and nutrients; (e) Encouragement of the exchange of information, practical experiences and scientific and technical expertise through cooperative and collaborative action and partnership among governmental institutions and organizations, communities, the private sector and non-governmental organizations having relevant responsibilities and/or experience; 3.