The Blue Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa (eBook, ePUB)

Working for a Sustainable Future
Redaktion: Sparks, Donald

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The blue economy, comprising coastal and marine resources, offers vast benefits for sub-Saharan Africa: of the 53 countries and territories in the region, 32 are coastal states; there are 13 million sq km of maritime zones; more than 90% of the region's exports and imports come by sea; and the African Union hails the blue economy as the 'new frontier of African renaissance'.

Despite their importance, the region's coastal and marine resources have been neither fully appreciated nor fully utilized. They are only now being recognized as being key to Africa's potential prosperity. As the region grows, it has, in general, not taken adequate safeguards to protect these valuable resources. That is partly because some of the problems (pollution, for example) are regional and know no borders. All too often, short-term gains are made at the expense of the long term (overfishing, for example).

This book provides, for the first time, a study of the constraints and opportunities the blue economy offers for sub-Saharan Africa. It includes an introduction and overview; sectoral analyses (including tourism, fisheries, mineral resources, culture, shipping and maritime safety); country case studies; and analyses of regional and international efforts towards better coastal zone and marine management.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000400335
• Artikelnr.: 61661967

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by The Honorable Vincent Meriton, Former Vice-President of Seychelles

Acknowledgements

The Editor and Contributors

Introduction: The Blue Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa



Donald L. Sparks



Part I: Elements of the Blue Economy

1 Culture, Communities and Society



Thean Potgieter

1. Tourism, Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Threats




Angela M. Lamptey


2. Fisheries and Aquaculture in the West Indian Ocean States




Erika Techera and Abdi Fatah Hassan




3. Coastal and Offshore Energy and Mineral Resources




Vivian Louis Forbes




4. Maritime Safety and Security




Jade Lindley




5. Ports, Shipping and Transportation




Vivian Louis Forbes



Part II: Country Case Studies


6. South Africa: The Blue Economy Experience




Thean Potgieter




7. From Concept to Practice: The Blue Economy in Seychelles




Dominique Benzaken and Kelly Hoareau




8. Managing the Blue Economy: A Case Study of Tanzania




Francis Mwaijande



Part III: Financing, Measuring and Governing the Blue Economy


9. Innovative Financing for Africa's Blue Economy




Torsten Thiele




10. Measuring the Blue Economy




Charles Colgan, Vivian Louis Forbes and Iddi Mwanyoka




11. International Ocean Governance as a Necessary Backdrop to Developing Africa's Blue Economy




Nick J. Hardman-Mountford, Jeff A. Ardron, Rosemarie Cadogan, Chilenye Nwapi, Alison Swaddling




12. Making the Blue Economy Happen

Clever Mafuta



Afterword: What is Possible? What is Likely?



Donald L. Sparks