Cover photo credits: 1. Figure 1.6 p. 15 (detail): A model simulation of the possible distribution of marine litter in the ocean after ten years showing the plastic debris converging in the 5 major ocean gyres (Source: IPRC 2008). 2. Figure 3.5 p. 32 (detail): The concentrations of toxic Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) measured in beached plastic resin pellets (in nanograms per gram of pellet) show the highest values in pellets collected at beaches from United States, Western Europe and Japan (Source: http://www.pelletwatch. org,). 3. Fishermen in India © Florian Thevenon. 4. Polluted beach © Florian Thevenon. 5. Figure 3.6 p. 33 (detail): Bioimaging techniques (fluorescence microscopy) showing the ingestion, egestion, and adherence of microplastics (1.7-30.6 μm polystyrene beads) in a range of zooplankton common to the northeast Atlantic (Source: Cole et al., 2013). 6. Figure 2.3 p. 23 (detail): Some marine plastic samples collected in the Atlantic Ocean with plankton nets by the Association OceanEye, in the Central Environmental Laboratory (GR-CEL) at the Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne (Switzerland). (Source: Florian Thevenon with courtesy of Pascal Hagmann and OceanEye). 7. Floating litter © Florian Thevenon. The designation of geographical entities in this book, and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IUCN, the Race for Water Foundation or Svenska Postkodlotteriet concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of IUCN, the Race for Water Foundation or Svenska Postkodlotteriet.