Norwegian Blue Forests Network (photo: Jonas Thormar)

New Video!

| February 18th, 2021 | NBFN News

NEW VIDEO!

What if someone told you that you could use seaweed as an ingredient in your bread, drink water from a seaweed-membrane bottle, and use seagrass as a primary raw material for your mobile phone case or your sunglasses?

Covering more than two-thirds of the planet, the ocean is fundamental to human well-being. Marine plants that thrive in our coasts and seas, such mangrove and kelp forests, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows, provide a plethora of goods and benefits both to the environment and people. Estimates of the ocean’s contribution to the world economy range from US$1.5 trillion to US$3 trillion a year, about 5 % of all economic activity in the world. Driven by a growing global population and the need for new sources of growth, the ocean is becoming more and more an economic frontier and a dynamic three-dimensional environment where resources are rich and varied. This has given rise to a new concept or framework for action to reduce the risks: the transition of the current ocean economy to a “blue economy” with “blue growth.”

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