Impacts of Maritime Activities on Natural Capital: Transicion Paths to a Sustainable Economy
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 613
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The MOSES project (http://mosesproject.eu/), funded by EU INTERREG Atlantic V Programme, Maritime, Ocean Sector and Ecosystem Sustainability: Fostering Blue Growth in Atlantic Industries supports the Special Issue "Impacts of Maritime Activities on Natural Capital: transicion paths to a sustainable economy".
In the last decade, Europe’s ocean economy has received increasing policy attention. This can be seen in the publication and ongoing implementation of the EU’s Blue Growth Strategy, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, etc. These initiatives are all aimed at fostering the sustainable development of the EU’s marine resources. The impact of the current and potential human activities on marine and coastal ecosystems will therefore be a key determinant of the ocean's health and the derived benefits through the ecosystem services. The overall findings of the European Environment Agency 2015 report (The European Environment - State and Outlook 2015: Synthesis Report) point to successes in reducing environmental pressures, but warns that “Living well, within the limits of our planet with a low carbon society, a green, circular economy and resilient ecosystems, as the basis for citizens' wellbeing (EU 2050 vision)” remains far from being achieved.
The objective of this special issue is to build on the expertise gained to: (i) evaluate the evolution of the economic sectors; (ii) examine the sectoral pressures of the economic activities on the marine environment in order to identify best management practices (iii) assess the vulnerability of coastal marine areas/features to marine economic sectors (iv) develop sustainable transition plans to blue growth for a number of key marine sectors and test policies for how well they manage.
Dr. Arantza Murillas
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Human activities
- Coastal and marine ecosystems
- Marine Ecosystem Services
- Marine environment
- Blue Groth impacts
- Transicion paths management
- Sustainable maritime economy
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