‘Best of all things is water!’ the great poet Pindar exclaimed during the very beginnings of Hellenic civilization… The seas and oceans are an immense space of 360 million square kilometres, over two-thirds of the...
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Blue Innovation Review #01
‘Best of all things is water!’ the great poet Pindar exclaimed during the very beginnings of Hellenic civilization… The seas and oceans are an immense space of 360 million square kilometres, over two-thirds of the...
Asia, the World’s Aquatic Centre of Gravity
The importance that Asia has acquired in a number of industrial sectors is beyond doubt, but if there is one domain in which the continent is not only the main actor but also the veritable driving force, it is...
Cascais is sea-oriented
Cascais has always been sea-oriented. Its geography with a relatively sheltered cove and the marine richness, which is due to the diversity of fish species, has given Cascais a natural harbour of refuge that became an...
Togo and the blue economy
Blue Innovation. On the 15th of October 2016, at the initiative of the African Union, African heads of state gathered at Lomé in Togo for an extraordinary summit on maritime safety and security and development in Africa...
The world’s oceans, tomorrow’s Economic Promised Land?
Dreams of fabulous wealth in unexplored regions of the world have always kindled man’s imagination. After the excitement of the conquest of space comes that of the exploration of the deep, and our collective oceanic...
Immense quantities of rare earths discovered off the coast of Japan
The 21st century’s ‘black gold’, rare earths are a group of 17 metals (scandium, yttrium and the 15 lanthanides) that share certain properties. Mined since the 1940s, they have become strategically important minerals...
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Blue Innovation Review #01
‘Best of all things is water!’ the great poet Pindar exclaimed during the very beginnings of Hellenic civilization… The seas and oceans are an immense space of 360 million square kilometres, over two-thirds of the...
Asia, the World’s Aquatic Centre of Gravity
The importance that Asia has acquired in a number of industrial sectors is beyond doubt, but if there is one domain in which the continent is not only the main actor but also the veritable driving force, it is...
Cascais is sea-oriented
Cascais has always been sea-oriented. Its geography with a relatively sheltered cove and the marine richness, which is due to the diversity of fish species, has given Cascais a natural harbour of refuge that became an...
Togo and the blue economy
Blue Innovation. On the 15th of October 2016, at the initiative of the African Union, African heads of state gathered at Lomé in Togo for an extraordinary summit on maritime safety and security and development in Africa...
The world’s oceans, tomorrow’s Economic Promised Land?
Dreams of fabulous wealth in unexplored regions of the world have always kindled man’s imagination. After the excitement of the conquest of space comes that of the exploration of the deep, and our collective oceanic...
Immense quantities of rare earths discovered off the coast of Japan
The 21st century’s ‘black gold’, rare earths are a group of 17 metals (scandium, yttrium and the 15 lanthanides) that share certain properties. Mined since the 1940s, they have become strategically important minerals...
Monaco. Passionate about the Sea
Blue Innovation. You are widely acknowledged as a leader on maritime and environmental matters, notably thanks to the foundation that you established in 2006. What do you think Monaco’s role in this field will be over...
Half a billion Australian dollars to save the Great Barrier Reef
With over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching over 2,600km and a surface area of nearly 348,000km2, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef off Queensland is the largest coral reef and the largest biogenic...