Natural Resources – Page 2 – Sustainable Blue Economy Conference 2018

The Fisheries Sector in the Caribbean Community is an important source of income. Four Caribbean countries have done an inventory of the major sources of mercury contamination in their islands. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPS

November 5, 2018

Caribbean Looks to Protect its Seafood From Mercury

by Jewel Fraser Fraser

Stingrays, which can be found in the Indian Ocean which surrounds the Seychelles. This flattened fish is closely related to sharks. The Seychelles has become the first country in the world to issue a blue bond, focused on funding sustainable use of marine resources. Credit: Nalisha Adams/IPS

October 31, 2018

Seychelles Issues World’s First Blue Bond to Fund Fisheries Projects

by Kanis Dursin

Rahti Begum a fisherwoman sells fish on a roadside in Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir state in India. She says she will be the last woman in her clan to sell fish. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPS

October 25, 2018

Kashmir’s Fisherwomen Live Between Hope and Despair

by Umar Manzoor Shah

With the high demand for fish by the tourism sector, Barbados imports the majority of the fish consumed here. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPS

October 24, 2018

Barbados Looks Beyond its Traditional Sugar and Banana Industries into the Deep Blue

by Desmond Brown

Dr Sylvia Earle, an eminent marine biologist and explorer has strong views on how nations needs to work to save what the United Nations calls the lungs of our planet.

October 4, 2018

Saving the Lungs of Our Planet

by Gordon Radley

Every winter dozens of bull sharks come to Mexico’s Mayan Riviera to breed. A single bull shark can give birth to up to 15 young. They are the only species of shark that can live in both fresh and salt water.

October 4, 2018

Saving the Kindergarten of Sharks

by Gordon Radley

A coastal city, Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, is an area where people have relied on the ocean for food and employment for as long as they have lived there. An increasing number of African countries are now embracing the blue economy for its potential to deliver solutions to their most pressing development needs. Credit: Travis Lupick/IPS

July 16, 2018

Blue Economy Movement Gains Traction in Africa

by Miriam Gathigah