The new chair will promote the sustainable use and management of marine resources under the benchmarks of social justice, the blue economy and ocean equity.
The new chair will promote the sustainable use and management of marine resources under the benchmarks of social justice, the blue economy and ocean equity. More than three billion people depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods, and it is estimated that the market value of the marine resources represents 5% of the global GDP. Parallelly, sectors such as maritime transport, tourism, hydrocarbons, infrastructure, renewable energy and telecommunications generate intense economic activity around the sea, but at a high environmental cost. At the same time, the effects of climate change, overfishing, acidification and pollution threaten the conservation of seas and oceans, which host vital ecosystems as a source of biodiversity and which play a decisive role in regulating the climate: they produce oxygen —they are the real lungs of the planet—, capture carbon dioxide generated by human activity, and mitigate the impact of global warming. Social justice and sustainable blue economy The University of Barcelona and the environmental consultancy Tecnoambiente have created the UB Chair in Sustainable Blue Economy to promote teaching and research in this field and provide documentation for economic activity in this sector. The aim is to promote the sustainable use of marine and coastal space and its natural resources, based on the principles of social justice, blue economy and ocean equity. The Chair will be directed by Miquel Canals, professor at the Faculty of Earth Sciences , director of the Department of Earth and Ocean Dynamics and founder of the UB's Consolidated Research Group in Marine Geosciences.
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