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Volunteers collect leaked oil from the MV Wakashio bulk carrier that had run aground off Mauritius in August 2020. Photo by Beekash Roopun / L'Express Maurice / AFP

“Decontamination through the living world takes time”

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Jean Weissenbach
Research director at CNRS
In Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 21, 2019. Activists are trying to alert their fellow citizens about the harmfulness of single-use plastics. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)

Plastic: an environmental challenge made worse by COVID-19

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Baptiste Flipo
Pascale Guiffant Sustainable Development Deputy Director for the French group Suez Environnement
Charlotte Durand Investment officer at Proparco
Baptiste Flipo
Pascale Guiffant Sustainable Development Deputy Director for the French group Suez Environnement
Charlotte Durand Investment officer at Proparco
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Hybridize the Commons: The example of the Polynesian lagoons

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Thierry Paulais
Director of the AFD’s office for French Polynesia
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A plastic (waste) world

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The limits of the commons: The case of the Pacific

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Thierry Paulais
Director of the AFD’s office for French Polynesia
Around 500 waste collectors, also known as ragpickers in India, live off the landfill. They make around $20 a week. (Photo: Carl Gierstorfer / Flickr CC)

Waste management : “Take account of informal actors”

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Pascale Guiffant
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Sustainable Waste Management Challenges in the South

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Charlotte Durand
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Turn urban waste management into a source of development

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