The Potential of the Blue Economy : Increasing Long-term Benefits of the Sustainable Use of Marine Resources for Small Island Developing States and Coastal Least Developed Countries

This report was drafted by a working group of United Nations entities, the World Bank, and other stakeholders to suggest a common understanding of the blue economy; to highlight the importance of such an approach, particularly for small island developing states and coastal least developed countries;...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	World Bank, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Format:	Report
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	FISHERIES MARINE RESOURCES AQUACULTURE TOURISM BIOTECHNOLOGY BIOPROSPECTING EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES DESALINATION RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSPORT PORTS SHIPPING WASTE MANAGEMENT OCEANS COASTAL LAND
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26843

id	okr-10986-26843
recordtype	oai_dc
spelling	okr-10986-268432021-05-25T09:00:32Z The Potential of the Blue Economy : Increasing Long-term Benefits of the Sustainable Use of Marine Resources for Small Island Developing States and Coastal Least Developed Countries World Bank United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs FISHERIES MARINE RESOURCES AQUACULTURE TOURISM BIOTECHNOLOGY BIOPROSPECTING EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES DESALINATION RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSPORT PORTS SHIPPING WASTE MANAGEMENT OCEANS COASTAL LAND This report was drafted by a working group of United Nations entities, the World Bank, and other stakeholders to suggest a common understanding of the blue economy; to highlight the importance of such an approach, particularly for small island developing states and coastal least developed countries; to identify some of the key challenges its adoption poses; and to suggest some broad next steps that are called for in order to ensure its implementation. Although the term “blue economy” has been used in different ways, it is understood here as comprising the range of economic sectors and related policies that together determine whether the use of oceanic resources is sustainable. An important challenge of the blue economy is thus to understand and better manage the many aspects of oceanic sustainability, ranging from sustainable fisheries to ecosystem health to pollution. A second significant issue is the realization that the sustainable management of ocean resources requires collaboration across nation-states and across the public-private sectors, and on a scale that has not been previously achieved. This realization underscores the challenge facing the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) as they turn to better managing their blue economies. 2017-06-02T16:42:19Z 2017-06-02T16:42:19Z 2017-06 Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26843 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Caribbean Oceania
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Foreign Institution
institution	Digital Repositories
building	World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
collection	World Bank
language	en_US
topic	FISHERIES MARINE RESOURCES AQUACULTURE TOURISM BIOTECHNOLOGY BIOPROSPECTING EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES DESALINATION RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSPORT PORTS SHIPPING WASTE MANAGEMENT OCEANS COASTAL LAND
spellingShingle	FISHERIES MARINE RESOURCES AQUACULTURE TOURISM BIOTECHNOLOGY BIOPROSPECTING EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES DESALINATION RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSPORT PORTS SHIPPING WASTE MANAGEMENT OCEANS COASTAL LAND World Bank United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs The Potential of the Blue Economy : Increasing Long-term Benefits of the Sustainable Use of Marine Resources for Small Island Developing States and Coastal Least Developed Countries
geographic_facet	Caribbean Oceania
description	This report was drafted by a working group of United Nations entities, the World Bank, and other stakeholders to suggest a common understanding of the blue economy; to highlight the importance of such an approach, particularly for small island developing states and coastal least developed countries; to identify some of the key challenges its adoption poses; and to suggest some broad next steps that are called for in order to ensure its implementation. Although the term “blue economy” has been used in different ways, it is understood here as comprising the range of economic sectors and related policies that together determine whether the use of oceanic resources is sustainable. An important challenge of the blue economy is thus to understand and better manage the many aspects of oceanic sustainability, ranging from sustainable fisheries to ecosystem health to pollution. A second significant issue is the realization that the sustainable management of ocean resources requires collaboration across nation-states and across the public-private sectors, and on a scale that has not been previously achieved. This realization underscores the challenge facing the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) as they turn to better managing their blue economies.
format	Report
author	World Bank United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
author_facet	World Bank United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
author_sort	World Bank
title	The Potential of the Blue Economy : Increasing Long-term Benefits of the Sustainable Use of Marine Resources for Small Island Developing States and Coastal Least Developed Countries
title_short	The Potential of the Blue Economy : Increasing Long-term Benefits of the Sustainable Use of Marine Resources for Small Island Developing States and Coastal Least Developed Countries
title_full	The Potential of the Blue Economy : Increasing Long-term Benefits of the Sustainable Use of Marine Resources for Small Island Developing States and Coastal Least Developed Countries
title_fullStr	The Potential of the Blue Economy : Increasing Long-term Benefits of the Sustainable Use of Marine Resources for Small Island Developing States and Coastal Least Developed Countries
title_full_unstemmed	The Potential of the Blue Economy : Increasing Long-term Benefits of the Sustainable Use of Marine Resources for Small Island Developing States and Coastal Least Developed Countries
title_sort	potential of the blue economy : increasing long-term benefits of the sustainable use of marine resources for small island developing states and coastal least developed countries
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26843
_version_	1764462894649442304

The Potential of the Blue Economy : Increasing Long-term Benefits of the Sustainable Use of Marine Resources for Small Island Developing States and Coastal Least Developed Countries

Similar Items