Blue Economy Futures: Mariculture Development in the ASEAN Region
- F. J. Dingal, S. Shah, N. Wescombe, D. Denkenberger
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Summary
This report explores the potential of mariculture, especially seaweed farming, as a scalable and sustainable solution for food security, economic growth, and climate resilience, particularly in Southeast Asia. It calls for regulatory frameworks, financing strategies, and community-based approaches to support sustainable development and disaster risk reduction in marine economies, promoting resilience to climate change induced stress.
Abstract
By empowering local and regional decision-making, socially and culturally resilient coastal communities would be much more likely to be prepared for natural disasters, thereby reducing risks and vulnerabilities and avoiding losses and damages. Moving forward, scaling seaweed production between and within ASEAN member states will entail multi-interest multi-participatory community-based approaches with a focus on localisation, appreciative inquiry, and behavior change. Redesigning and co-designing food systems in this manner will not only center Action on Food but also increase resilience to the compounding cascading impacts of climate change-induced stress and extreme weather events.