Gouvello, Raphaela le and Simard, Francois (2024) Towards a regenerative blue economy: Mapping the blue economy. International Union For Conservation Of Nature (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland.
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Blue Economy has various definitions, depending on the interpretation and principles discussed. There is no consensus on how to define it nor how to describe its founding principles. In this context, and as part of the France-IUCN Partnership 2021–2024 and with the support of the French Development Cooperation (AFD), IUCN has developed a framework as a means of defining three types of a Blue Economy from the perspective of conservation and sustainable development: i) A Blue Economy rooted in the ‘maritime sector’, also known as ‘brown Blue Economy’: This definition includes the traditional activities of the ‘maritime sector’, which can be conflated with the ‘Ocean Economy’. It is clearly anthropocentric and based on a conventional and neoclassical economic model that operates as ‘business-as-usual’ (BAU). Since the end of the 20th century, high economic and social expectations (for future jobs) have been placed on Blue Growth to fuel a Blue Economy, with a view to creating a ‘blue’ GDP. The shape of a Blue Economy can thus vary widely: once a link with a marine (or aquatic) environment is established, there is no economic sector that could realistically be excluded, except for some cases involving the naval military sector. Blue Economy is associated with traditional accounting that mostly consists of economic (micro and macroeconomic) and social (employment) profitability indicators, which are aggregates of the economic performance of various sectors. ii) A sustainable Blue Economy: The year 2012 saw the progress of the term ‘blue economy’. At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD),1 Rio+20 Summit, Blue Economy was recognised as encompassing all economic activities in the maritime sector, provided that these were consistent with sustainable development. In 2015, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) proposed a vision, definition, and guiding principles for a sustainable Blue Economy, which was more sustainable and inclusive than Blue Economy. Other stakeholders are also adapting their own definition, scope, and various recommended tools relating to the Blue Economy to focus more on environmental (healthy ocean), social (inclusive and fair growth), and integrative (good governance) aspects. The activities to protect, repair, and restore marine and coastal ecosystems, as well as ecosystem services, are integrated into this approach. In terms of assessment and key performance indicators (KPIs), sustainability indicators have been added to the traditional accounting of the Blue Economy. However, debate still remains and much research abound to assess the economic, environmental, and societal performances of the sustainable Blue Economy.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Keywords: | Blue Economy, Conservation, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Blue Economy, Governance, Stakeholder, Mapping, World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Nov 2024 05:13 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 05:13 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/20799 |
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