Are you ready for the Bluegreen Wave (Revolution)???...
According to the World Bank Group, “the Blue Economy is sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods and jobs, and ocean ecosystem health and encompasses many activities.”
"All economic activities related to oceans, seas and coasts. It covers a wide range of interlinked established and emerging sectors" - European Commission
"An emerging concept which encourages better stewardship of our ocean or 'blue' resources" - The Commonwealth of Nations
"Blue economy also includes economic benefits that may not be marketed, such as carbon storage, coastal protection, cultural values and biodiversity" - Conservation International
UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14) is about "Life below water" and this SDG states to: "Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development."
Why a New Green Revolution
Agricultural productivity gains since the 1950s have resulted from the development of farming systems that rely heavily on external inputs of energy and chemicals to replace management and on-farm resources. The intensity to which the natural environment has been modified to attain this productive capacity has directly resulted in degradation of natural resources; notably land, water, and the biodiversity, that sustain these systems.
Agroecology, Regenerative Agriculture, and Sustainable Development
The science of agroecology is rooted in our collective consideration and comprehension of agriculture and natural history and can be defined as the study of complex interactions between the components, reactions, and processes of the global (natural) environment, and human (anthropogenic) activities associated with agriculture and food systems. It provides the ecological basis for more sustainable farming, as well as the opportunity to characterize or refine the cumulative effects of agriculture activities at watershed, ecoregion, national, and global scales.
As a philosophy and approach to land management and watershed protection in agriculture and farming systems, Regenerative Agriculture explores all aspects of agricultural and food systems as connected through a web—a network of entities who grow, enhance, exchange, distribute, and consume goods and services. It’s about farming and ranching in a style that nourishes people and the earth - specific practices and holistic principles to restore soil and ecosystem health, address inequity, and leave our land, waters, and climate in better shape for future generations (NRDC, 2022).
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