Communique: Inception Workshop Conserving Aquatic Biodiversity in Africa Blue Economy

dc.contributor.author	AU-IBAR
dc.date.accessioned	2022-01-22T16:32:38Z
dc.date.available	2022-01-22T16:32:38Z
dc.date.issued	2021-12-08
dc.identifier.uri	http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/1160
dc.description.abstract	Communique on the Inception Workshop to launch the Project on ‘Conserving Aquatic Biodiversity in African Blue Economy’. The lunch was held to create awareness amongst the potential beneficiaries and stakeholders of the project for collaboration, synergy and lesson learning was convened from 8-10 December 2021 in Naivasha, Kenya. The Project is being implemented by the African Union- InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) with support from the Swedish Government through Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)	en
dc.format.extent	7 pages	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	AU-IBAR	en
dc.title	Communique: Inception Workshop Conserving Aquatic Biodiversity in Africa Blue Economy	en
dc.type	Communique	en

Conserving Aquatic Biodiversity in the Context of the Africa Blue Economy Strategy (ABES) [11]
The objective of the Africa Blue Economy Strategy (ABES) is to guide the development of an inclusive and sustainable blue economy that becomes a significant contributorto continental transformation and growth, through advancing knowledge on marine and aquatic biotechnology, environmental sustainability, marine ecosystem utilization, management and conservation and carbon sequestration, the growth of an Africa-wide shipping industry, the development of sea,river and lake transport, the management of fishing activities on these aquatic spaces, and the exploitation and beneficiation of deep sea mineral and other marine resources.