Plastics’ circular economy for the Galápagos Islands? Exploring plastics governance with implications for social and ocean equity in a UNESCO World Heritage Site

• Juan José Alava,
• Juan José Alava,
• María José Barragán-Paladines,
• Jessica Vandenberg,
• Gabriela Alonso-Yanez,
• Marcia Moreno-Báez,
• Nastenka Calle,
• Judith Denkinger,
• Judith Denkinger,
• Ibrahim Issifu,
• Eduardo Espinoza,
• Nikita Gaibor,
• Mauricio Velásquez,
• Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor

Affiliations

Juan José Alava

Ocean Pollution Research Unit, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Juan José Alava

School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

María José Barragán-Paladines

Charles Darwin Research Station, Charles Darwin Foundation, Galápagos, Ecuador

Jessica Vandenberg

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Allston, MA, United States

Gabriela Alonso-Yanez

Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

Marcia Moreno-Báez

The Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford, MA, United States

Nastenka Calle

Ocean EcoQuest, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Judith Denkinger

Galapagos Science Centre, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador

Judith Denkinger

Geman Ocean Museum, Stralsund, Germany

Ibrahim Issifu

0Fisheries Economy Research Unit, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Eduardo Espinoza

1Dirección del Parque Nacional Galápagos (Galápagos National Park), Ministerio del Ambiente, Agua y Transición Ecológica, Galápagos, Ecuador

Nikita Gaibor

2Instituto Público de Investigación de Acuicultura y Pesca (IPIAP), Guayaquil, Ecuador

Mauricio Velásquez

3Development Bank for Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF), Quito, Ecuador

Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor

School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada