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Everyone by now knows what is meant by the “green economy.”
But what about that “blue economy” that the World Bank and the Justin Trudeau government have been talking about lately?
The World Bank defines the blue economy as “sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth.”
The global ocean economy is worth an estimated US$1.5 trillion now and is expected to grow to US$3 trillion by 2030, according to Rashid Sumaila, University of British Columbia professor at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries.
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The array of high-tech tools included aerial drones, electronic fish finders and data loggers equipped with satellite telemetry, a gyroscope, hydrophone and an underwater camera. Attached to the killer whales with suction cups, these devices allowed the scientists to record what the whales see and hear, as well as their movements in the water, and their diving and hunting behaviour.
The video clips, collected from above and below the water, samples of which can be viewed here were arresting. Some of the images took our breath away, says team leader Andrew Trites, a professor at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries Department of Zoology and the director of the Marine Mammal Research Unit at UBC. “It was amazing to watch the whales rolling through the water and moving in three-dimensions.”
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IMAGE: Dimensions and criteria used to evaluate capacity to establish an equitable, sustainable, and viable Blue Economy ( Blue Economy Capacity) view more
Credit: Andres Cisneros-Montemayor
The future of an equitable and sustainable global ocean, or Blue Economy, depends on more than the resources available for technological advancement and industry expansion. A recent UBC-led study found that socioeconomic and governance conditions such as national stability, corruption and human rights greatly affect the ability to achieve a Blue Economy.
The study, published today in
Nature, scored criteria across five global regions: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania, to identify the areas of investment and research necessary to develop ocean resources in a manner that is consistent with a Blue Economy ethos (socially equitable, environmentally sustainable and economically viable). These included: infrastructure, investment, economic and group equity, gender