Preliminary study on floating microplastics in Indonesian water

Plastics marine debris are an emerging issue in the oceans and need to tackling through global action framework. As one of the countries with the largest plastic inputs in the marine environment, Indonesia come up with an... [ view full abstract ]

Plastics marine debris are an emerging issue in the oceans and need to tackling through global action framework. As one of the countries with the largest plastic inputs in the marine environment, Indonesia come up with an enormous challenge. The risk and effect of microplastics have been well-documented in the various ecosystem around the world. However, due to limited information regarding microplastics research in Indonesia, this paper critically evaluate the preliminary research trend of microplastics in surface water in different location in Indonesia, the action of Indonesian government to tackling marine plastics pollution, and where appropriate, also adopting several recommendation for future research on and microplastics from different sources that possible to conduct in Indonesia.