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2021 People & the Sea Conference - Limits to blue growth?

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Centre for Maritime Research
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Online
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Multi-day event

This virtual conference organised by the Centre for Maritime Research will explore the theme “Limits to Blue Growth?”

Organiser’s description

For decades sustainable development has served as guiding concept for policy makers, including those concerned in coastal and ocean governance. At the same time, the ‘blue economy’ and ‘blue growth’ have nowadays become popular concepts in marine policy. Notions on blue growth especially ask attention for new uses of the oceans, such as renewable energy (wind at sea), deep sea mining and deep-sea fishing but also aim at highlighting ecosystem services that have societal value (coastal protection, CO2 storage and biodiversity). The concept aims to reconcile two seemingly opposing uses of the oceans: exploitation and conservation, in the same way as was intended with the use of ‘sustainable development’. The concept also seems to promise that there still is a new, not yet reached frontier for economic expansion.

Read more here. The conference takes place from 28 June to 2 July 2021.

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