The technique is a family legacy that works all year long, but especially right now. ( ) in Lawrenceburg, and still manufacture and sell the baits, rods and reels Charlie designed. Though Charlie passed in 2000, his son and granddaughter still operate Charlie Brewer's Slider Co. The "slider" or "do-nothing" technique was developed by a Tennessee light-tackle specialist named Charlie Brewer in the 1960s. Many fish will suspend off main-lake and secondary points, hold in the shade of deep boat docks and marinas or wait listlessly next to bluff walls or other sharp drops. True, there's often a morning topwater bite-and that's a blast-but once the sun gets up that bite tends to disappear, and the bass often disappear with it. Bass aren't hanging around the spawning grounds anymore, but they're not settled into their deep-water summertime haunts yet either. Spring has mostly come and gone and it's not yet summer. Boyd, Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment Marcos Orellana, Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights.It can be a tricky time for catching bass. It is essential that States and other stakeholders employ a human rights-based approach to beat plastic pollution.” We welcome the progress of member States towards a comprehensive and internationally binding instrument on plastic pollution and urge its completion by the end of 2024. There is an urgent need to prioritise reduction in production and use of plastic, detoxification and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This should prompt and guide initiatives addressing plastic pollution. Over the last two years, the Human Rights Council and the UN General Assembly adopted landmark resolutions recognising the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, which includes non-toxic environments where people can live, work, study and play. States and businesses have specific human rights obligations which apply in the context of the fight against plastics pollution. It is shocking to witness how the omnipresence of plastics impacts human rights in many different ways, including the rights to a healthy environment, life, health, food, water and an adequate standard of living. For instance, plastic particles found in oceans limit the ability of marine ecosystems to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. The contribution of plastic pollution to climate change is alarming, yet often overlooked. We are particularly concerned about groups suffering from environmental injustices due to heightened exposure to plastic pollution, many of them living in 'sacrifice zones'. While everyone is affected by the negative human rights impacts of plastic, the level of exposure to plastic-related pollution and waste affects marginalised communities the most. Plastic, microplastic and the hazardous substances they contain can be found in the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe. False and misleading solutions, such as incineration or recycling of toxics-laden plastics, aggravate the plastic threat. At the end of its life as a consumer good, plastic waste pollutes our planet, with 85% of single use plastics sent to landfills or dumped in the environment. We are in the middle of an overwhelming toxic tidal wave as plastic pollutes our environment and negatively impacts human rights in a myriad of ways over its life cycle.įor example, plastic production releases hazardous substances and almost exclusively relies on fossil fuels, while plastic itself contains toxic chemicals, posing serious risks and harms to human health, human rights and the environment. “Plastic production has increased exponentially over recent decades and today the world is generating 400 million tonnes of plastic waste yearly.Īll stages of the plastics cycle have adverse impacts on human rights. Ahead of World Environment Day, they issued the following joint statement: GENEVA (1 June 2023) – The world must beat the toxic tidal wave of plastic pollution that threatens human rights, UN experts* said today, urging States and other stakeholders to put rights at the centre of the international treaty on plastic pollution currently under negotiation.
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