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APPROACH: CONVENE:

Increase connectivity. Harnessing the convening power of a public research land- and sea-grant institution, URI will bring together stakeholders from governments, academia, philanthropic organizations, business and civil society to build meaningful relationships and shared agendas at local- to-global levels.

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PLASTIC POLLUTION IS A COMPLEX PROBLEM, A MIX OF VISIBLE ISSUES, LIKE WATER BOTTLES BOBBING IN THE EDDIES OF RIVERS, AND DEEPER ENIGMAS, LIKE TRACKING THE PATH OF MICROPLASTICS AS THEY SETTLE INTO RIVERBEDS AND THE SEAFLOOR.

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