BETWEEN THE CANTON OF VALAIS AND THE PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO : ADDRESSING THE WORLD NEW CHALLENGES
OCEAN ECONOMY AND FISHING INDUSTRY IN AFRICA
THE BLUE BELT INITIATIVE
High-Level Panel
On the
occasion of the Crans Montana Forum on
Africa & South-South Cooperation, which took place in Dakhla (Morocco), from March 15 to 20, 2018, a High-Level
Panel was dedicated to the Ocean Economy and Fishing Industry, a strategic
sector for Africa.
This
Program also focused on the Blue Belt
Initiative, a South-South Integrated Regional Cooperation and Development
Tool, presented by the Kingdom of Morocco, in the framework of COP22 in
Marrakech in November 2016.
Among the topics addressed :
- Fishing industry, pillar of the Blue Economy with tremendous potential
- Better understanding sustainability, climate change and food security challenges
- Supporting the emergence of integrated coastal observation systems and facilitating their integration at the global level
- Encouraging actions for sustainable fishing on the entire value chain, in order to fight ocean warming
- Fostering the development of sustainable aquaculture, particularly seaweed farming
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