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Coastal Governance Index 2015

The Economist Intelligence Unit, Ocean Prosperity Roadmap Fisheries & Aquaculture

The Coastal Governance Index is an analysis by the EIU with funding by the Packard Foundation of the status of coastal and fisheries governance to provide an international ranking of 20 ocean economies. The goal of the index is to provide governments and private investors a basis for understanding the status of management and regulations in key countries to enable better decision-making and encourage investment.

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Summary from the roundtable discussion on Blue Growth

Hosted by the Government of Sweden in cooperation with the Ocean Foundation Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism

We have had brown growth, green growth, and now we are looking to blue growth.

The purpose of the roundtable was to identify ways to achieve closer collaboration and cooperation.

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The Charisma of Coastal Ecosystems: Addressing the Imbalance

Duarte, C.M. et al., Estuaries and Coasts Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture

Coastal ecosystems including coral reefs, mangrove forests, seagrass meadows, and salt marshes are being lost at alarming rates, and increased scientific understanding of causes has failed to stem these losses.

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