Erica Nuñez

Lae Kahu: Komite Kūkākūkā Kūkākūkā o waena o ke Aupuni no ka Plastic Pollution, UNEP, Kuikahi Basel, SAICM

Hana ʻo Erica ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi papahana ʻenehana no ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hana ʻepekema a me nā kulekele ʻo The Ocean Foundation e pili ana i ka hakakā ʻana i ka paʻakikī honua o ka pollution plastic kahakai a me ka moana. Hoʻopili kēia i ka mālama ʻana i nā TOF Hoʻomaka Plastics. ʻO kāna mau kuleana e pili ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻoihana hou, ka ʻohi kālā, ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka papahana, ka hoʻokele kālā, a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā mea kuleana, ma waena o nā hana ʻē aʻe. Hōʻike ʻo ia iā TOF ma nā hālāwai kūpono, nā ʻaha kūkā, a me nā hanana e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ka ʻike o TOF ma waena o nā kākoʻo kūloko a me ka honua a me nā hoa hana.

Loaʻa iā Erica ma mua o 16 mau makahiki o ka ʻike e hana ana e pale i ko mākou moana. He ʻumikumamākolu o ia mau makahiki i hana ʻia no ke aupuni federal ma ka National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). I kona kūlana hope loa ma NOAA ma ke ʻano he International Affairs Specialist, ua lawelawe ʻo Erica ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi i nā pilikia o ka honua honua, UNEP, ma kahi o ka US Focal Point no ka SPAW Protocol of the Cartagena Convention a he lālā ʻelele US i ka UNEA Ad. ʻO Hoc Open-Ended Expert Group ma ka ʻōpala moana a me nā microplastics, ma waena o nā hana ʻē aʻe. I ka makahiki 2019, ua haʻalele ʻo Erica i ka hana federal e kālele i kāna ʻoihana i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka pollution plastic a hui pū me Ocean Conservancy ma ke ʻano o kā lākou Trash Free Seas Program. Ma laila ʻo ia i kālele ai i nā mea pili i ke kulekele kūloko a me ke ao holoʻokoʻa e pili ana i ka hōʻemi ʻana a me ka pale ʻana i nā ʻōpala o ke kai plastik mai ke komo ʻana i ke kai. ʻOiai ʻo ia ma Ocean Conservancy, he lālā nui ʻo ia i hoʻomohala i ka Plastic's Policy Playbook: Nā hoʻolālā no ka Moana ʻAʻohe Plastic, he puke alakaʻi no ka poʻe hana kulekele a me nā mea pili pili i nā hoʻonā kulekele plastic. Ua pani ʻo ia i ka hui ma nā hālāwai o ka UN Environment Programme, Basel Convention a ʻo ia ke alakaʻi o ka papahana no kahi mea hoʻopukapuka kālā nui ma Mexico. Ma waho aʻe o kāna mau hana, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he luna o ka hui ʻoihana Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, a ke lawelawe nei ʻo ia ma ka Papa Luna no ka ʻO ke kahua ʻo Marine Debris Foundation.