Financing blue carbon development
Channel: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Date: 2018-07-24

The increasing demand of the world population to protein source from marine ecosystems in the last few decades have triggered the fast-growing industry of fisheries and aquaculture in both marine and inland waters. Consequently, overfishing is inevitable and many fishing grounds in Indonesia are steadily depleting. Combination of improved fisheries, good aquaculture practices, modernized post-harvest storage and processing industries could lead to sustainable blue economy.Potential discussion topics:
Sustainable fish catch
Aquaculture and sustainability of coastal wetlands
Downstream industries
Improved access to markets