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The Blue Economy in Namibia
Nature’s Benefits: Natural Capital in the South Atlantic
13 March 2019
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1. Blue Economy concept and application
2. Economic sectors of relevance to the Blue Economy in Namibia
3. Ecosystem services underlying the Blue Economy
4. Integration and sustainability: current status and further efforts
5. Gaps and barriers
6. Knowledge exchange and partnership in the South Atlantic
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Integrated and sustainable management of marine resources
Blue Economy: concept and applications
• Various definitions: merely developing marine economic activities vs. establishing a sustainable Blue Economy driven by investments in natural capital, clean technologies while mitigating biodiversity loss.
• Applications in SADC countries: Blue Economy strategy, developed in South Africa, Mauritius, Seychelles
Environmental sustainability
Social Inclusion
Blue Economy
Economic Growth
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Namibia’s EEZ
• Coastline 1,570km
• EEZ established in 1990 at independence, 200 nautical miles offshore
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Blue economy sectors
• Marine-based economy: estimated at around 10% of GDP, USD 1.3bn, and growing.
11%
23%
25%
41%
Mining
Fishing
Tourism
Ports and harbours
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Fisheries
• Successfully rebuilt after independence
• Limited GDP contribution (2-3%) but important social impact (jobs)
• 19 commercial fisheries mostly for export
• Careful management with 8 TAC controlled species
• But sustainability concerns remain
• Alternative: mariculture
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Transport
Expansion investment: doubling the port capacity and creating a trade corridor from the port to all SADC countries
• 4.7% of GDP and growing
• Walvis Bay: a key transport hub
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Offshore mining
• Diamonds: a major product for the Namibian Economy
• Phosphate: a controversy
• Gas and oil exploration
• Limited knowledge on impacts of seismic exploration
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Tourism
• Limited to three small coastal towns, but slowly growing
• Opportunities for development: marine and coastal wildlife (penguins, seals, seabirds), diving (at least 300 shipwrecks)
• Main challenge: accessibility and infrastructure
• Cruise tourism to be developed (on a route including SAOTs?)
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Other minor sectors
• Desalination: 1 plant
• Guano industry
• Offshore renewable energy: coastal wind farm
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Marine ecosystem services
• Four main ecosystems identified in the EEZ
• Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem: highly productive and essential for Namibian fisheries and marine tourism.
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Sustainable Management
• Marine conservation effort in Namibia is limited
• Need to improve ecosystem-based management
• Knowledge of climate change impacts limited
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Integrated Management
• The challenge: reducing conflicts between sectors and space use, enhancing cooperation and create synergies
• Ongoing initiatives
– Marine Spatial Planning process
– Blue Economy governance framework
– Ocean governance project by the BenguelaCurrent Commission
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Gaps and barriers
• Lack of institutional cooperation and limited interest in marine conservation so far
• Knowledge gaps – Limited knowledge at ecosystem level– Climate change impacts on marine resources– Impacts of various economic activities on species and
habitat (mid-water trawling, phosphate mining, brine effluent from desalination, seismic exploration)
– Marine natural capital
• Opportunities for further research and development projects
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Knowledge exchange and partnerships in the South Atlantic
• BCLME project with Benguela Current Commission
• Atlantic Large Marine Ecosystems project (UNDP-GEF)
• Further partnership to be built with SAOTs:– Knowledge platform on SA marine ecosystems,
marine natural capital, climate change impacts….
– Cooperation on Fishing management
– Tourism routes: cruises and flights
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