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The book Science, Research and Innovation for Harnessing the Blue Economy synthesizes some of the academic presentations made during the Science and Research Symposium of the first ever Blue Economy Conference (SBEC) which was held in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on 26–28 November 2018. The book, organized into three sections with nine chapters and four annexes, has chapters that have been designed to capture some – but not all – of the output of the presentations, made at the symposium.
Book of Abstracts: The Science and Research Symposium and Science, Research and Innovation for Harnessing the Blue Economy on display during the book launch in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: Lawrence Nzuve / SEI.
The Science and Research Symposium was one of the ten signature events of the Global Sustainable Blue Economy Conference (SBEC). Those participating in this segment of the conference were primarily from national (Kenyan) and international academic research institutions, international and regional organizations, United Nations agencies and development partners, industry representatives and the private sector, NGOs, and civil society organizations. The main objective of the symposium was to function as a forum for scholars and researchers to debate and share ideas on the complex scientific issues surrounding the blue economy.
Other publication / Book of Abstracts: The Science and Research Symposium is a record of the paper proposals that were submitted for the Science and Research segment of SBEC.
Media coverage / SEI's Philip Osano talks about building the scientific knowledge base for informed policy action on the blue economy in Africa.
Press release / Kenya, Canada, Japan and Portugal hosted a high-level blue economy side event in New York to launch an SEI-authored sustainable blue economy book.
Past event / As a follow-up to the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference, an investment-driven dialogue will be held on the sidelines of UNEP's 50th anniversary in Nairobi.
