Blue Growth The Sea and Seaweeds for a more sustainable future
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Blue Growth The Sea and Seaweeds for a more sustainable future Fredrik Gröndahl Sustainable Development Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED) KTH, Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden [email protected]
Transcript of Blue Growth The Sea and Seaweeds for a more sustainable future
Blue GrowthThe Sea and Seaweeds for a
more sustainable future
Fredrik GröndahlSustainable Development Environmental Science and
Engineering (SEED)KTH, Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm, [email protected]
Introduction
rategy
SMaRCSWEDISH MARITIME ROBOTICS CENTRE
Yet, we have only explored 5% of it.
The ocean is the 7th largest economy in the world.
"The expert group recommends that the G7 science ministers supportthe development of a sustained sea and ocean observing system"(G7 expert workshop on future of the oceans and seas, May 2016)
It provides 50% of our O2
and feeds over 2B people.70% of the world’s surface is ocean.
SMArC
BIOREFINERY
BIOCHEMICALS
POLYMERS
SUSTAINABILITY
ASSESSMENT
STORAGE AND PRESERVATION
CULTIVATION
HARVEST
RESIDUES
BIOGAS
PRODUCTION
BIOMASS
RESIDUES
Biomass
potential
TechnologyEconomy
Societal
aspects
Environmental
aspects
BIOGAS
BIOFERTILIZERBIOMASS
BIOMASS
NUTRIENTS
CARBON
FA 1
FA 2
FA 3
FA 4
FA 5
FOOD / FEED ADDITIVES
SOCIETY
The economic potential of a Swedish seaweed industry
Energy & Fertilisers
Bio-Materials
Specialised compounds
Food & Feed
Pharma
VALUE
VOLUME
Current Focus of the Global Seaweed Industry
Future of the Blue Bioeconomy
Results
Paper VI
Further Research
Further research
How can seaweed farming contribute positively to the sustainable development goals around the world in the coming decades?
