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The training of the first networks for the acquisition of data in the municipalities of Itajaí and Bombinhas already has a date set.

This is an important stage, where we introduce the problem of microplastics in a conceptual way and present the methodology. At this stage, we work with the community living in the region and map environmental pressures with managers.

After training, the network becomes able to collect data on the occurrence, distribution and abundance of microplastics.

Here below I show an example of how we can present this data.

This work was carried out over 10 months in Cape Verde, and one of the results was the difference in the composition of the waste on each sampled beach. This work will be repeated in 4 municipalities along the coast of Santa Catarina on 9 beaches.

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The coast of Santa Catarina represents 7% of the Brazilian coast and contains 6 areas relevant to conservation. Currently, we do not know the occurrence, distribution and abundance of microplastics in most of the beaches of this coast. The project aims to train a network of citizen scientists for unified microplastic monitoring, collecting different types in an area of 25 meters over 3 months and analyzing this information, creating a baseline for regulating plastic use in conservation areas.

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