Blue economy: are African small islands ready to embrace the opportunities?
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Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are small-island or coastal countries located in the tropical and subtropical regions (partly) surrounded by oceans. SIDS are considered a separate group by the UN based on their specific characteristics such as small size, insularity and remoteness. African SIDS are few in number and therefore tend to be overlooked in the predominant literature on SIDS in relation to economic vulnerability, climate change vulnerability and recently in the Blue Economy literature. This reports aims to fill this gap in knowledge by addressing the potentials and constraints of the Blue Economy in African SIDS. The Blue economy is a result of a push by coastal nations during the Rio +20 process for a flavor of the Green Economy that better applies to them. The Blue Economy advocates the same desired outcome as the Green Economy namely: “improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities” (UNEP 2013). the report on Blue Economy in African SIDS contends that the sea and the coasts are drivers of economies in African SIDS and offer a lot of developmental potential. African SIDS have largely been neglected within the SIDS group as they only form a small number of countries. The report shows the pathways for development of the different Blue Economy sectors in African SIDS.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. (2014-09). Blue economy: are African small islands ready to embrace the opportunities?. Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/32359”Collections
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