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Dr. Denis W. Aheto. </span></div>
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<a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/environment/events/2024-td-walter-bean-public-lecture" id="LPlnk776318" title="https://uwaterloo.ca/environment/events/2024-td-walter-bean-public-lecture">
Africa's Plastic Revolution</a></span></div>
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</a></b><a href="https://imodules.uwaterloo.ca/s/1802/21/form.aspx?sid=1802&gid=2&pgid=3218&cid=8558" id="LPlnk378386" title="https://imodules.uwaterloo.ca/s/1802/21/form.aspx?sid=1802&gid=2&pgid=3218&cid=8558">to attend in-person or online</a></span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Despite worldwide initiatives and efforts, the amount of plastic entering aquatic ecosystems
is increasing at an alarming rate, choking our oceans with tonnes of waste. But plastic pollution is only one factor threatening marine ecosystems, biodiversity, livelihoods, economies and human health. In this lecture,
<a href="https://acecor.ucc.edu.gh/personnel/prof-denis-worlanyo-aheto" title="https://acecor.ucc.edu.gh/personnel/prof-denis-worlanyo-aheto" id="LPlnk479611">
Dr. Denis Aheto</a> – professor of Coastal Ecology and Interdisciplinary Oceans Studies, and Foundation Director of the Centre for Coastal Management - The Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience (ACECoR) at the University of Cape Coast – will discuss
a holistic approach to caring for the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers. Using examples from African countries, he will explore how the global community can transform the challenges facing our oceans into opportunities for growth to bolster sustainable development
and stimulate socioeconomic transformation.</span></div>
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