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FINANCING BLUE ECONOMY:
A CRITICAL REVIEW AND PATHWAYS AHEAD
The increasing level of human activity undertaken on different shades of
in the ocean is causing severe threats blue in financing- leading to the
to marine ecosystem(s), ocean transformation of the ocean economy
habitats, including overexploitation with Blue Bonds and other innovative
of, climate change and other instruments. The objective of the
stressors such as ocean warming, paper is to provide a critical review of
acidification, large scale species
extinction and ecosystem collapses, all the existing sources of financing
etc. A holistic view is required by the blue economy with a view to
adopting a combination of new multi- come up with some innovative and
disciplinary research, infrastructure new pathways of financing by citing
solutions and innovative financial important case studies from IORA and
instruments. Studies have been other regional economic groupings.
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