Bella Charlesworth
Research Officer
Marine scientist and science communicator focusing on evidence-based decision-making for oceans and plastics.
Faculty of Law / Faculty of Science
Global and Public Law / Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Bella has experience in the laboratory and field specialising in marine ecology, environmental management and data management and analysis for plastics and citizen science data in Australia and internationally.
With the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) Secretariat, Bella is currently supporting the development of national data systems for plastics and following the global plastic treaty process as it unfolds.
Publications
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- C.G. Mayorga Adame, J. Gacutan, B. Charlesworth, M. Roughan, (2025).听, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 213, 117525, ISSN 0025-326X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117525.
- Gacutan, J., Tait, H., Jones, J., Charlesworth, B. and Hood, L., (2024) . Environmental Science & Policy, 161, p.103870.
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- Policy brief.听 prepared by Northrop, E., Belonje, E., Jayasinghe, R., Dickinson, H., Charlesworth, B. for the GOAP Secretariat
- Data platform. The聽Global Plastics Data Tracker聽developed by the 黑料网大事记 Centre for Sustainable Development Reform.
- Guidance.听The Global Plastics Data Checklist聽developed by the 黑料网大事记 Centre for Sustainable Development Reform.
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- Beyond the Bin: Confronting the Reality of Global Plastic Recycling (March 2025)
- From negotiations to implementation: flying blind without data on plastics is not an option (December 2024)
- Ocean Protection Gets a Legal Boost: What the ITLOS Advisory Opinion Means for Climate and Nature (October 2024)
- Beyond the [brackets]: Progress towards the Global Plastic Treaty (May 2024)
- (October 2023)
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- Core Member of the (2024 - Present)
- Member of the Coalition of Civil Society and Rights Holders for the global plastic treaty, coordinated by the聽聽(2024 - Present)
- ,聽host of the Australian Marine Debris Initiative (AMDI) Database (2023 - Present)
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- | 3-4 April 2025 | Colombo, Sri Lanka
- 聽| 1-5 July 2024 | Bali, Indonesia