Knowledge Centre for Global Food and Nutrition Security

Small-scale fisheries (SSF), including fishers and fishworkers together with their communities and organizations, are among the world’s most effective contributors to safeguarding aquatic resources and environments...

In collaboration with 32 countries across Africa and the Bay of Bengal, the EAF-Nansen Programme is committed to improving fisheries management in line with the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF), strengthening the capacities...

Highlights: The purpose of this paper is to provide a practical framework to guide governments in catalyzing and scaling up public and private investment in Blue Carbon as part of their blue economy development...

In a new format, the sixth edition of the EU Blue Economy Report continues to analyse the scope and size of the Blue Economy in the European Union. Its main objective remains...

Highlights: With its rich blue assets in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, Morocco has a high potential for developing its Blue Economy. The growth of Morocco’s...

The framework has four long-term goals for 2050 related to the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity. The framework has 23 action-oriented global targets for urgent action over the decade...

Seagrasses are marine flowering plants that are found in shallow waters in many parts of the world, from the tropics to the Arctic circle. They exist in 159 countries on six...

Tunisia enjoys undeniable assets with its 1300 km of continental coastline-home to 7.6 million people (more than two-thirds of its population), who depend heavily on the exploitation...

Chapter 3 focuses on the blue economy, in particular on the fisheries and aquaculture sector. FULLY REALIZING THE POTENTIAL OF THE BLUE ECONOMY Madagascar has the longest coastline in Africa...

The Blue Economy generated nearly US$300 billion for the African continent in 2018, creating 49 million jobs in the process. These and other crucial benefits—most notably food...