The Klosters Forum in conversation with Nancy Wallace

Hannah MacInnes joins Nancy Wallace, the Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Debris Program, at The Klosters Forum 2019 to discuss the issue of plastic pollution and to hear her personal insights on this complex topic.

The Marine Debris Program is the federal lead for researching, preventing and reducing the impacts of marine debris in the United States. Nancy was the Chair of the United Nation’s Global Partnership on Marine Litter and serves as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Marine Debris Working Group Chair.  She has worked on ocean policy related issues for the past 15 years. Her work includes resource conservation with the National Park Service, developing sustainable catch limits for U.S. fisheries and efforts to improve water quality in the Gulf of Mexico.