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সর্ব-শেষ হাল-নাগাদ: ২৬ ফেব্রুয়ারি ২০১৯

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OCEAN/BLUE ECONOMY FOR BANGLADESH

Rear Admiral M. Khurshed Alam, Secretary, MAU, MOFA

Oceans cover 72% of the surface of our blue planet and constitute more than 95% of the biosphere. Life originated in the oceans and they continue to support all life today by generating oxygen, absorbing carbon dioxide, recycling nutrients and regulating global climate and temperature. Oceans provide a substantial portion of the global population with food and livelihoods and are the means of transport for 80% of global trade [1]. The marine and coastal environment also constitutes a key resource for the important global tourism industry and expanding domain of nature-based tourism. The seabed currently provides 32% of the global supply of hydrocarbons with exploration expanding. Advancing technologies are opening new frontiers of marine resource development from bio- prospecting to the mining of seabed mineral resources. The sea also offers vast potential for renewable “blue energy” production from wind, wave, tidal, thermal and biomass sources. Please click here for more…