EXTRACT :
“Blue economy is a low polluting, resource-efficient and circular economy based on sustainable consumption and production patterns, enhancing human well-being and social equity, generating economic value and employment, and significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities.”
A blue economy allows preserving Mediterranean healthy marine and coastal ecosystems and ensures the continuous delivery of goods and services for present and future generations.
Progress towards a successful blue economy relies on the sustainable development of key socioeconomic activities: fisheries; aquaculture; tourism and recreational activities; maritime transport and port activities; bio-prospecting or exploitation of biological resources; exploitation of renewable energy sources. The blue economy, which is a declination of the green economy in marine and coastal areas, can and must contribute positively to inclusive sustainable development in the Mediterranean Region...
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Notes : Adaptation aux impacts du changement climatique
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BLUEMED - Rapport de prospective : croisière, yachting et plaisance en Méditerranée
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Rapport Technique : Vers une Méditerranée plus propre : une décennie de progrès
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Rapport de synthèse : Vers une Méditerranée plus propre, une décennie de progrès