
Australian Marine Debris Initiative upgrade announcement
My name is Heidi Tait, and I am the founder and CEO of Tangaroa Blue Foundation. For more than 18 years, Tangaroa Blue Foundation has coordinated the Australian Marine Debris Initiative (known as the AMDI), creating a national network for citizen scientists, organisations and partners to collaborate on the removal and prevention of marine debris from our ocean ecosystems. The evidence provided by the AMDI network has influenced the narrative and focus on marine debris within Australia, from a marginal