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Professor Steve Fletcher has been appointed by NERC, working closely with Innovate UK, to develop a transformative plastic pollution research framework. Steve Fletcher is Professor of Ocean Policy and Economy and Director of the Revolution Plastics Institute at the University of Portsmouth. Ending plastic pollution The aim of the agenda-setting fellowship is to develop a research and innovation (R&I) agenda that complements and supports the objectives of the United Nation’s (UN) treaty to end plastic pollution.
Home to the Rarotonga flycatcher, Cook Islands fruit-dove and coconut crab, the 15 South Pacific islands that comprise the nation have a rich natural heritage. Around 60 per cent of the nation’s land is still covered by tropical forest, and its lagoons and seas have an abundance of diverse marine life.