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| Title | Saving the Cocos Keeling Islands from plastic inundation |
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| Supervisor | Dr Muhammad Hossain |
| Prof Charitha Pattiaratchi | |
| Dr Mirjam Van Der Mheen | |
| Project description | Plastic waste deposited on the Cocos Keeling Islands is transported largely from Java. This project aims at determining the Javanese rivers responsible, mass and type of plastics flowing in the rivers, and the route of transporting plastics from those rivers to the Indian Ocean and washing up on the Cocos Keeling Islands. Based on the route, this project expects to determine the optimal locations and cost-effective anchors for deploying Industry Partner Foresys’ floating barrier for effective extraction of plastics from the root sources. This will reduce plastics entering the southern Indian Ocean; killing marine animals; beaching in the Cocos Keeling Islands; and damaging the Islands’ environmental, social, health, and economic values. |
| Opportunity status | Open |
| Open date | 11 Jul 2024 |
| School | Oceans Graduate School |
| Contact | Professor Muhammad Shazzad Hossain
ARC Future Fellow |
| Course type | Doctorates |
| Masters |
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