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The Blue Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Working for a Sustainable Future book cover

1st Edition

The Blue Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa Working for a Sustainable Future

Edited By DONALD SPARKS Copyright 2021
292 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

292 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

292 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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... Read more

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

    2. Angela M. Lamptey

  2. Fisheries and Aquaculture in the West Indian Ocean States

    3. Erika Techera and Abdi Fatah Hassan

  3. Coastal and Offshore Energy and Mineral Resources

    4. Vivian Louis Forbes

  4. Maritime Safety and Security

    5. Jade Lindley

  5. Ports, Shipping and Transportation

    6. Vivian Louis Forbes

    Part II: Country Case Studies

  6. South Africa: The Blue Economy Experience

    7. Thean Potgieter

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

    8. Dominique Benzaken and Kelly Hoareau

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

    9. Francis Mwaijande

    Part III: Financing, Measuring and Governing the Blue Economy

  9. Innovative Financing for Africa’s Blue Economy

    10. Torsten Thiele

  10. Measuring the Blue Economy

    11. Charles Colgan, Vivian Louis Forbes and Iddi Mwanyoka

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

    12. 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

Biography

Donald L. Sparks, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of International Economics at the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, and a university lecturer in International Business at the Management Center Innsbruck, Austria.

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