title: A novel best practices approach: the MARLISCO case.
abstract: Research that was undertaken to identify and evaluate best practices that can effectively minimise the amount of marine litter in European Seas is presented. Best practices were approached in a novel way that aimed to maximise the impact and added value of the FP7-funded project MARLISCO. The practices served as a tool to enhance the active participation and build capacity in key actors through the implementation of the innovative, dedicatedly-developed decision support tool, DeCyDe-4-Marlisco. This paper also presents the key 'preference' attributes of successful marine litter management practices and provides a snapshot of the key characteristics of the recorded best practices as a means of helping the reader, and particularly decision makers, recognise what would make their marine litter management efforts more successful.
authors.affiliation: ISOTECH Ltd Environmental Research and Consultancy, 1 Kalliopis Str., Apt. 401, 2102 Aglantzia, Nicosia, Cyprus(2). Electronic address: xenia@isotech.com.cy.
authors.forename: Xenia I
authors.initials: XI
authors.lastname: Loizidou
authors.affiliation: ISOTECH Ltd Environmental Research and Consultancy, 1 Kalliopis Str., Apt. 401, 2102 Aglantzia, Nicosia, Cyprus(2). Electronic address: michael@isotech.com.cy.
authors.forename: Michael I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Loizides
authors.affiliation: ISOTECH Ltd Environmental Research and Consultancy, 1 Kalliopis Str., Apt. 401, 2102 Aglantzia, Nicosia, Cyprus(2). Electronic address: project@isotech.com.cy.
authors.forename: Demetra L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Orthodoxou
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D006801:Humans; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D018505:Waste Management / Q000379:methods*; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: Best practices; Decision support; Marine litter; Waste management