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!