In June 2006 a UnitedNationsEnvironmentalProgram report estimated that there is an average of 46, 000 pieces of plastic debris in every square mile of ocean.
But the UnitedNationsEnvironmentalProgram me (UNEP) has also recently said that population growth in the cities of the developing world "has outpaced the ability to provide vital infrastructure and services".
One of Kuwait's leading environmental scientists, with three decades experience in resource conservation, Asem has played a major role in restoring Kuwait's war-ravaged ecosystems as head of the UnitedNations Compensation Commission's environmental remediation program.