The Blue Compendium : : From Knowledge to Action for a Sustainable Ocean Economy.

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Place / Publishing House:Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2023.
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Year of Publication:2023
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (919 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • About the Editors
  • 1: The Future of Food from the Sea
  • 1 Sustainably Increasing Food from the Sea
  • 2 Estimated Sustainable Supply Curves
  • 3 Estimates of Future Food from the Sea
  • 4 Conclusions
  • 5 Methods
  • 5.1 Sustainable Supply Curves
  • 5.2 Supply Meets Demand
  • 5.3 Reporting Summary
  • 5.4 Data Availability
  • 5.5 Code Availability
  • Additional Information
  • Author information
  • Corresponding authors
  • References
  • 2: The Expected Impacts of Climate Change on the Ocean Economy
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Overview
  • 1.2 The Ocean Economy: Essentials
  • 1.2.1 The Market-Based Ocean Economy
  • 1.2.2 The Nonmarket Ocean Economy
  • 2 How Rising Greenhouse Gasses Alter the Ocean
  • 2.1 Altered Ocean Temperatures and Disturbances
  • 2.2 Sea Level Rise and an Altered Distribution of Ice
  • 2.3 Altered Ocean Chemistry
  • 2.4 Altered Circulation Patterns
  • 3 Connecting the Links Between Climate Change and the Ocean Economy
  • 3.1 Capture Fisheries
  • 3.1.1 Importance of Capture Fisheries to the Ocean Economy
  • 3.1.2 Impacts of Climate Change on Capture Fisheries
  • 3.1.3 Ability for management to mitigate the impacts of climate change
  • 3.1.4 Opportunities for action and key conclusions
  • 3.2 Marine Aquaculture
  • 3.2.1 Importance of Mariculture to the Ocean Economy
  • 3.2.2 Impacts of climate change on mariculture
  • 3.2.3 Potential for mariculture production to grow under climate change
  • 3.2.4 Barriers and Trade-Offs in the Expansion of Mariculture
  • 3.2.5 Adapting marine aquaculture to climate change
  • Selective Breeding for Fast Growth
  • Selective Breeding for Temperature Tolerance
  • Risk-Based Planning and Environmental Monitoring Systems
  • Access to Affordable Credit and Insurance
  • Reducing Feed Limitations for Fed Mariculture.
  • 3.2.6 Opportunities for action and key conclusions
  • 3.3 Marine and Coastal Tourism
  • 3.3.1 Importance of marine tourism to the ocean economy
  • 3.3.2 Impacts of climate change on marine tourism
  • 3.3.3 Economic Impacts
  • Economic Impacts on Coral Reef Tourism
  • Economic Impacts in Other Systems
  • Ocean Tourism and Equity
  • 3.3.4 Opportunities for action and key conclusions
  • 3.4 Improving the Energy Efficiency of the Ocean Economy
  • 4 Impacts of Climate Change Mitigation in the Sea
  • 4.1 Conserving and Expanding Blue Carbon
  • 4.2 Expanding Ocean Renewables
  • 4.3 Expanding Deep-Sea Mining to Meet Demand for Rare Earth Elements
  • 4.4 Geoengineering Solutions
  • 5 Conclusions and Opportunities for Action
  • 5.1 Capture Fisheries
  • 5.2 Aquaculture
  • 5.3 Ocean Tourism
  • About the Authors
  • Co-authors
  • Contributing Authors
  • References
  • 3: What Role for Ocean-Based Renewable Energy and Deep-Seabed Minerals in a Sustainable Future?
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 What is Ocean-Based Renewable Energy?
  • 1.2 Renewable Energy and the Demand for Metals
  • 1.3 Minerals on the Deep Seafloor
  • 2 Transition to a Sustainable Global Energy System-1.5 °C Scenarios
  • 2.1 Characteristics of 1.5 °C Scenarios
  • 2.2 Negative Emissions and Carbon Capture and Storage
  • 3 Ocean-Based Renewable Energy
  • 3.1 Offshore Wind
  • 3.1.1 Technical Potential
  • 3.1.2 Status of Technology and Costs
  • 3.1.3 Future Development Scenarios
  • 3.2 Other Ocean-Based Renewable Energy
  • 3.2.1 Technical Potential
  • 3.2.2 Status of Technology and Costs
  • 3.2.3 Future Development Scenarios
  • 4 Motivations for Deep-Seabed Mining
  • 4.1 Will Deep-Seabed Mining Help Address Climate Change?
  • 4.2 Can Metal Demand Be Reduced to Avoid Deep-Seabed Mining?
  • 5 Sustainability Challenges and Enabling Conditions.
  • 5.1 Environment, Vulnerabilities and Costs
  • 5.1.1 Environmental effects of ocean-based renewable energy deployment
  • 5.1.2 Environmental Effects of Deep-Seabed Mining
  • 5.1.3 The Impacts of Deep-Seabed Mining Remain Unknown
  • 5.1.4 Deep-Seabed Mining Could Result in Loss of Species and Functions Before They Are Understood
  • 5.1.5 The Challenges of Mitigation and Restoration of Ecosystems
  • 5.2 Economic, Societal and Cultural Costs and Benefits
  • 5.2.1 Benefits of Ocean-Based Renewable Energy
  • 5.2.2 Benefits of Deep-Seabed Mining
  • 5.2.3 Costs
  • 5.2.4 Environmental Costs, Ecosystem Services Valuation, Tradeoffs and Intergenerational Equity
  • 5.2.5 Decisions to Mine
  • 6 Governance and Regulatory Framework for Deep-Seabed Mining
  • 6.1 State Level
  • 6.2 International Level
  • 6.3 Mining in the Context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • 7 Opportunities for Action
  • 7.1 Ocean-Based Renewable Energy and the Global Energy System
  • 7.2 Deep-Seabed Mining
  • Appendix: Detailed Opportunities for Action
  • Detailed Opportunities for Action for Ocean-Based Renewable Energy
  • Detailed Opportunity for Action 1
  • Detailed Opportunity for Action 2
  • Detailed Opportunities for Action Specifically for Deep- Seabed Mining
  • Detailed Opportunity for Action 3A and 3B
  • Detailed Opportunities for Action 4A and 4B
  • Detailed Opportunity for Action 5
  • Detailed Opportunity for Action 6
  • About the Authors
  • Lead Authors
  • Contributing Authors
  • References
  • 4: The Ocean Genome: Conservation and the Fair, Equitable and Sustainable Use of Marine Genetic Resources
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Overview
  • 1.2 Scope and Ambition
  • 1.3 What Is the Ocean Genome and Why Is It Uniquely Important?
  • 1.4 How Do We Benefit from the Ocean Genome?
  • 1.5 How Is the Ocean Genome at Risk?.
  • 1.6 How Is the Ocean Genome Governed and Regulated?
  • 2 Existing and Potential Benefits
  • 2.1 Ecological Benefits Associated with Marine Genetic Diversity
  • 2.2 Commercial Benefits of Marine Genetic Resources
  • 2.2.1 Marine Drug Discovery
  • 2.2.2 Nutraceuticals
  • 2.2.3 Cosmetics
  • 2.2.4 Aquaculture and New Food Products
  • 2.2.5 Bulk Chemicals
  • 2.2.6 Other Applications
  • 3 Challenges
  • 3.1 Threats to Conserving the Ocean Genome
  • 3.1.1 Species Extinctions
  • 3.1.2 Loss of Populations
  • 3.1.3 Invasive Species
  • 3.1.4 Cumulative Effects
  • 3.2 Impediments to the Equitable Use of the Ocean Genome
  • 3.2.1 Impediments to Innovation, Equity and Benefit Sharing
  • 3.2.2 Regulating Fair and Equitable Access and Benefit Sharing
  • 4 Pursuing Solutions
  • 4.1 Conservation
  • 4.1.1 Managing Competing Interests in the Ocean to Conserve Biodiversity
  • 4.1.2 Protecting Storehouses of Genetic Diversity
  • 4.1.3 Leveraging Biotechnology for Conservation and Biodiversity Management
  • 4.2 Toward Responsible and Inclusive Research and Innovation
  • 4.3 Equitable Governance and Benefit Sharing
  • 5 Conclusion and Opportunities for Action
  • 5.1 Opportunities for Action
  • 5.1.1 Protect Marine Genetic Diversity as Part of Conservation Measures and Monitor Outcomes
  • 5.1.2 Support Greater Equity in Genomics Research and Commercialisation
  • 5.1.3 Promote Inclusive and Responsible Research and Innovation in Marine Genomics Research
  • 5.1.4 Embed Conservation of the Ocean Genome Within Research and Commercialisation, Including Benefit-Sharing Approaches and Agreements
  • 5.1.5 Disclose the Biological and Geographical Origins of Genetic Material as a Norm Across All Associated Commercial and Noncommercial Activities
  • 5.1.6 Increase Financial and Political Support to Improve Knowledge of the Ocean Genome.
  • 5.1.7 Comprehensively Assess the Risks and Benefits of Transgenic Marine Organisms as well as the Use of New Molecular Engineering Technologies: Such as CRISPR-Cas (Gene Editing) and Gene Drives-In the Marine Environment
  • 5.1.8 Strengthen the Role of Philanthropy in Providing Infrastructure and Funding for Marine Science
  • About the Authors
  • Lead Authors
  • Contributing Authors
  • Appendix
  • References
  • 5: Leveraging Multi-target Strategies to Address Plastic Pollution in the Context of an Already Stressed Ocean
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Overview
  • 1.2 Context
  • 2 Sources of Ocean Pollution
  • 2.1 Plastic Pollution
  • 2.1.1 Municipal Plastic Pollution
  • 2.1.2 Agricultural Plastic Pollution
  • 2.1.3 Industrial Plastic Pollution
  • 2.1.4 Maritime Plastic Pollution
  • 2.2 Other Pollutants Compounding Ocean Stress
  • 2.2.1 Other Municipal Solid Waste Pollution
  • 2.2.2 Pesticide Pollution
  • 2.2.3 Nutrient Pollution
  • 2.2.4 Antibiotics and Other Pharmaceuticals
  • 2.2.5 Heavy Metals, Persistent Organic Pollutants and Oil and Gas
  • 2.2.6 Maritime Pollution
  • 2.3 Compounding Effects of Multiple Pollutants
  • 3 Impacts of Ocean Pollution on Ecosystems, Marine Life, Human Health and Economies
  • 3.1 Impacts of Plastic
  • 3.1.1 Impacts on Ecosystems and Marine Life
  • Microplastics
  • Macroplastics
  • Entanglement in Plastic Debris
  • Ingestion of Plastic Debris
  • Chemical Contamination from Plastic Debris
  • 3.1.2 Human Health Impacts
  • Potential Pathways of Harm
  • Ingestion
  • Inhalation
  • Littering and Human Health
  • 3.1.3 Economic Impacts
  • 3.2 Impacts of Other Solid Waste
  • 3.2.1 Impacts on Ecosystems and Marine Life
  • 3.2.2 Human Health Impacts
  • 3.2.3 Economic Impacts
  • 3.3 Impacts of Pesticides
  • 3.3.1 Impacts on Ecosystems and Marine Life
  • 3.3.2 Human Health Impacts
  • 3.3.3 Economic Impacts.
  • 3.4 Impacts of Nutrient Pollution.