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(IANS)
Migratory species are likely to be among the most vulnerable to plastic pollution, a new study released by the Secretariat of the UN’s Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) said on Tuesday.
The study focused for the first time on the impacts that plastic pollution has on animals that live on land and in freshwater environments in the Asia-Pacific region.
The study included case studies on the Ganges and Mekong river basins, which together contribute an estimated 200,000 tonnes of plastic pollution to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean every year.
But not all plastic pollution reaches the oceans. The study found that species protected under CMS are impacted by plastic pollution in river ecosystems and on land, including freshwater species, land animals and birds.
Air-breathing freshwater mammals are particularly at risk…
