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COASTAL CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS THROUGH SE...
Over one million coastal Indonesians engage in seaweed aquaculture, a unique and growing global industry for production of carrageenan and agar, direct consumption, and animal feeds, among other uses....
Seaweed Industry in China
Seaweed industry in Norway needs to strategically figure out whether to export cultivated and harvested kelp raw materials to China for alginates and/or food industry, or, to cultivate, harvest and pr...
Seaweed blue carbon: Ready? Or Not?
There is an urgent need to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). At the same time, greenhouse gasses (GHGs) that contribute to global warming must be reduced to avoid even m...
Potential role of seaweeds in climate change mitigation
Seaweed (macroalgae) has attracted attention globally given its potential for climate change mitigation. A topical and contentious question is: Can seaweeds' contribution to climate change mitigation ...
Republic of Korea - Law on the Promotion and Support of the ...
Republic of Korea - Law on the Promotion and Support of the Seaweed (Laver) Industry Article 4 (Establishment of Basic Plan) The Minister of Oceans and Fisheries shall establish and implement a basi...
Blue carbon: The potential of coastal and oceanic climate ac...
Nature-based climate solutions in the world's oceans can play an important role in conservation and carbon abatement efforts worldwide. Assessing blue carbon solutions McKinsey’s new report,Blue Car...
Seaweed aquaculture: cultivation technologies, challenges an...
Seaweed aquaculture technologies have developed dramatically over the past 70 years mostly in Asia and more recently in Americas and Europe. However, there are still many challenges to overcome with r...
Kelps in Korea: from population structure to aquaculture to ...
Korea is one of the most advanced countries in kelp aquaculture. The brown algae, Undaria pinnatifida and Saccharina japonica are major aquaculture species and have been principally utilized for human...
Republic of Korea's Effort to Empower Women in Fisheries and...
Republic of Korea's "Supporting Female Farmers and Fisheries Act" *Republic of Korea: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairsa - Rural Women Policy Team *Republic of Korea: Ministry of Ocean a...
An Ocean of Opportunities: The Potential of Seaweed to Advan...
Within a sustainable ocean economy, seaweed collection, culture, processing, and trade is one of the sectors with the most opportunities to achieve sustainable growth by 2030. Seaweed farming culture ...
Seaweed Farming: Assessment on the Potential of Sustainable ...
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recognizes the growing global interest in seaweed farming as a potentially scalable ocean-based solution to climate change that may provide environmenta...
Launch Event: Sustainable Aquabusiness Investment Guide
The Word Bank's Aquabusiness Investment Advisory Platform, supported by PROBLUE, has developed the "Sustainable Aquabusiness Investment Guide" in collaboration with Advance Africa Management Services....