Capturing Opportunities for Integrated Coastal Zone Management and the Blue Economy in MENA

The MNA region has rich marine ecosystems that can play a key role in eroding extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity through the Blue Economy—the sustainable use of marine resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods, jobs, and over...

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Main Authors: Sieghart, Lia Carol, Mizener, Joseph Allen, Gibson, Jeff
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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spelling okr-10986-312082021-05-25T10:54:36Z Capturing Opportunities for Integrated Coastal Zone Management and the Blue Economy in MENA Sieghart, Lia Carol Mizener, Joseph Allen Gibson, Jeff FISHERIES MARINE RESOURCES COASTAL ECOLOGY AQUACULTURE CLIMATE IMPACT NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TOURISM SEA LEVEL RISE BLUE ECONOMY The MNA region has rich marine ecosystems that can play a key role in eroding extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity through the Blue Economy—the sustainable use of marine resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods, jobs, and overall ecosystem health. The Blue Economy includes a wide range of activities, from fisheries and aquaculture to other ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, coastal protection, and biodiversity. For example, MNA has large coastal areas important to the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people, many of them poor and vulnerable. These include fisheries and aquaculture, much of it small-scale and increasing substantially in recent years, from 2,484,644 and 393,987 metric tons, respectively, in 2000 to 4,743,814 and 1,820,983 metric tons in 2016. Many MNA countries rely heavily on imports for food and fisheries and aquaculture supplement the food supply, impacting food security and nutritional diversity. These ecosystems also play a role in climate change mitigation and adaptation as seas absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) and coastal habitats, like mangrove forests and sea grass beds, sequester carbon and help to protect coastlines, preventing erosion from floods and storms. Integrated coastal zone management (ICZM)—which coordinate policies, activities, and investments impacting coastal and maritime resources—are critical to capturing the opportunities of the Blue Economy. 2019-02-04T18:13:50Z 2019-02-04T18:13:50Z 2019-01-10 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/591141547220437102/Capturing-Opportunities-for-Integrated-Coastal-Zone-Management-and-the-Blue-Economy-in-MENA http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31208 English MENA Knowledge and Learning Quick Notes Series,no. 172; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Middle East and North Africa Middle East North Africa
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topic FISHERIES
MARINE RESOURCES
COASTAL ECOLOGY
AQUACULTURE
CLIMATE IMPACT
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
TOURISM
SEA LEVEL RISE
BLUE ECONOMY
spellingShingle FISHERIES
MARINE RESOURCES
COASTAL ECOLOGY
AQUACULTURE
CLIMATE IMPACT
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
TOURISM
SEA LEVEL RISE
BLUE ECONOMY
Sieghart, Lia Carol
Mizener, Joseph Allen
Gibson, Jeff
Capturing Opportunities for Integrated Coastal Zone Management and the Blue Economy in MENA
geographic_facet Middle East and North Africa
Middle East
North Africa
relation MENA Knowledge and Learning Quick Notes Series,no. 172;
description The MNA region has rich marine ecosystems that can play a key role in eroding extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity through the Blue Economy—the sustainable use of marine resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods, jobs, and overall ecosystem health. The Blue Economy includes a wide range of activities, from fisheries and aquaculture to other ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, coastal protection, and biodiversity. For example, MNA has large coastal areas important to the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people, many of them poor and vulnerable. These include fisheries and aquaculture, much of it small-scale and increasing substantially in recent years, from 2,484,644 and 393,987 metric tons, respectively, in 2000 to 4,743,814 and 1,820,983 metric tons in 2016. Many MNA countries rely heavily on imports for food and fisheries and aquaculture supplement the food supply, impacting food security and nutritional diversity. These ecosystems also play a role in climate change mitigation and adaptation as seas absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) and coastal habitats, like mangrove forests and sea grass beds, sequester carbon and help to protect coastlines, preventing erosion from floods and storms. Integrated coastal zone management (ICZM)—which coordinate policies, activities, and investments impacting coastal and maritime resources—are critical to capturing the opportunities of the Blue Economy.
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author Sieghart, Lia Carol
Mizener, Joseph Allen
Gibson, Jeff
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Mizener, Joseph Allen
Gibson, Jeff
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title Capturing Opportunities for Integrated Coastal Zone Management and the Blue Economy in MENA
title_short Capturing Opportunities for Integrated Coastal Zone Management and the Blue Economy in MENA
title_full Capturing Opportunities for Integrated Coastal Zone Management and the Blue Economy in MENA
title_fullStr Capturing Opportunities for Integrated Coastal Zone Management and the Blue Economy in MENA
title_full_unstemmed Capturing Opportunities for Integrated Coastal Zone Management and the Blue Economy in MENA
title_sort capturing opportunities for integrated coastal zone management and the blue economy in mena
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/591141547220437102/Capturing-Opportunities-for-Integrated-Coastal-Zone-Management-and-the-Blue-Economy-in-MENA
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