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Busan International Fisheries ODA Symposium
Blue Globe-Blue Growth-
Blue Goal
Árni M. Mathiesen
Assistant-Director General
Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
3 February 2014
Eighth session of the Open Working Group on
Sustainable Development Goals
BLUE GLOBE : HEALTH & WEALTH FROM OCEANS
• Healthy & nutritious food
• Poverty relief
• Jobs & livelihoods
• Trade and wealth
• Climate services
BLUE GLOBE : ECOSYSTEM SERVICES FROM OCEANS
Food and water
Transportation
Energy
Pharmaceuticals
Tourism, Culture
Means of social interaction
Shoreline protection
Climate regulation
Tradeable products
• Overfishing
• Overcapacity coupled with IUU
fishing
• Climate change & oceans
acidification
• Coastal degradation
• Biodiversity loss & habitat
destruction
• Persistent poverty
BLUE GLOBE: THREATS TO OCEANS & ITS POTENTIAL
Blue Economy
“The sustainable development of our island countries
relies on the health and vitality of the marine
environment. For the Pacific SIDS, the ‘green
economy’ is in fact a ‘blue economy.’”
Blue Growth
“The Sustainable Contribution, and Conservation, of
Living Renewable Resources in the Marine and
Fresh Water Ecosystems as well as adjacent
Coastal and Inland Ecosystems, to Food and
Nutrition Security and Poverty Alleviation.”
BLUE GROWTH: PROSPECTS FOR FEEDING &
SUSTAINING A GROWING WORLD POPULATION
• Highly nutritious food to a growing population
• Rich & precious biodiversity
• Jobs / livelihoods–especially for women
• Energy source: wind, wave, tides
• Blue carbon / carbon sequestration
BLUE GROWTH: BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE
• Sustainable management
• Transition to more sustainable
economy – new & emerging
sector
• Fair & equitable access
• Partnerships & initiatives
BLUE GOAL: Need for Blue Goal for Blue Growth
Long-term sustainability = long-term benefits
• Eradicate food insecurity and malnutrition
• Ensure better health of oceans through:
• sustainable management of natural
resources
• habitat preservation
• Improve equitable socio-economic
development and human well -being.
Thank you!