Blockchain for internet of underwater things: State-of-the-art, applications, challenges, and future directions

S Bhattacharya, N Victor, R Chengoden… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT) has become widely popular in the past decade as
it has huge prospects for the economy due to its applicability in various use cases such as …

[HTML][HTML] The Ocean Decade as an instrument of peace

R Blasiak, JB Jouffray, A Norström, C Queiroz… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021–2030
(the 'Ocean Decade') is poised to stimulate new cooperation for ocean science, but makes …

Engaging the tropical majority to make ocean governance and science more equitable and effective

AK Spalding, K Grorud-Colvert, EH Allison… - npj Ocean …, 2023 - nature.com
How can ocean governance and science be made more equitable and effective? The
majority of the world's ocean-dependent people live in low to middle-income countries in the …

An inequity assessment framework for planning coastal and marine conservation and development interventions

GG Singh, J Keefer, Y Ota - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Sustainable development should promote equity with benefits for coastal communities.
Many conservation and development initiatives promise to contribute to an equitable future …

Marine litter and social inequities entangle Ecuadorian mangrove communities: Perceptions of plastic pollution and well-being concerns in Puerto Hondo and Isla …

K McMullen, A Tirapé, P Calle, J Vandenberg… - Marine Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Mangrove forests of Ecuador's Gulf of Guayaquil are ecologically, culturally, and
economically important to local communities relying on them for artisanal fishing …

[HTML][HTML] Stakeholder perceptions of blue economy governance networks and their equity implications in Bangladesh

J Das, M Govender, HM Irfanullah, SA Selim, M Glaser - Marine Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The 'Ocean Decade'focuses on ocean governance and management including
ocean health and human well-being in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. Here …

A primer on the “blue economy:” Promise, pitfalls, and pathways

AM Cisneros-Montemayor, F Croft, I Issifu, W Swartz… - One Earth, 2022 - cell.com
A" blue economy" seeks to establish socially equitable, environmentally sustainable, and
economically viable ocean sectors. This article briefly reviews where the term came from …

Laying waste to the deep: parallel narratives of marine carbon dioxide removal and deep-seabed mining

S Lidström, LA Levin, S Seabrook - npj Ocean Sustainability, 2024 - nature.com
The deep ocean is increasingly featured in climate solution discussions. An emerging
narrative suggests that marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) is essential to meet global …

Key components of sustainable climate-smart ocean planning

C Frazão Santos, T Agardy, LB Crowder… - npj Ocean …, 2024 - nature.com
Planning of marine areas has spread widely over the past two decades to support
sustainable ocean management and governance. However, to succeed in a changing …

Achieving SDG 14 in an equitable and just way

B Haas - International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14—life below water—significantly elevated
global awareness of the importance of the oceans. It is also a key SDG for achieving the …