ADB Data Room: Marine Aquaculture, Reefs, Renewable Energy, and Ecotourism for Ecosystem Services
22 April 2021
Humanity is becoming increasingly aware of the challenges to the health of our Oceans.
Extractive Industries (fishing and mining) take more than they replace. By capturing excess energy in our oceans to make non-polluting fuels, we can support coastal livelihoods and the natural capital which underpins these communities. This TA aims to show how we can enhance ocean health by concentrating investment on four core areas - Marine Aquaculture, Reefs, Renewable Energy, and Ecotourism.
To support its developing member countries, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has compiled the following briefs, webinars, reference materials, and project examples to enable governments to enhance their Natural Capital Assets.
CALL FOR SUBMISSION: MARES-type projects
The MARES Project team will shortlist 6 projects to be presented at the High-Level Investor Forum in early 2023. It is a great opportunity to get input from experts and gain publicity. Submissions can be made to mares@adb.org and will close on 1 September 2022.
To receive updates directly to your email on the MARES project, including news on how you can submit project ideas for consideration, please sign up here.
Program and Learning Materials:
| Date | Session / Activity | Presentation Material | Speaker(s) |
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| 22 Apr 2021 | Brief |
MARES TA Presentation April 2021 This presentation gives an overview and updates of the MARES TA and provides some insight into its focus. |
Asian Development Bank |
| Date | Session / Activity | Presentation Material | Speaker(s) |
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| 24 Apr 2021 | Blue Economy and Natural Capital |
Rethinking Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean Economy This OECD report on the ocean economy emphasizes the growing importance of science and technologies in improving the sustainable economic development ... |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| 24 Apr 2021 |
Coastal Capital: Ecosystem Valuation for Decision Making in the Caribbean This document highlights the importance and value of the coastal ecosystem in the Caribbean. |
World Resources Institute (WRI) [node:field_last_name] | |
| 24 Apr 2021 |
Final Report - The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review This is a Final Report of the Independent Review on the Economics of Biodiversity led by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta. |
Government of the United Kingdom [node:field_last_name] | |
| 24 Apr 2021 |
Sustainable Ocean Finance Sustainable blue economy finance principles provide a framework for financing a sustainable ocean economy. |
European Commission | |
| 24 Apr 2021 |
Integrating Ecosystem Values Into Cost-Benefit Analysis: Recommendations for USAID and Practitioners This document provides recommendations for the incorporation of ecosystem service valuations into Agency CBAs, both for USAID staff that produce or use... |
USAID |
| Date | Session / Activity | Presentation Material | Speaker(s) |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | Webinars | ||
| 23 Apr 2021 | 23 April 2021 |
The Business of our Oceans In this learning event, Rear Admiral Nick Lambert presented the current state of our seas and oceans, the impact of human activities on the marine environment... |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 03 May 2021 |
Regenerative Marine Aquaculture Tom Bowling, CEO of Biota Inc. (Palau), talked about how marine renewable energy supports regenerative practices in the aquarium industry and wild restocking... |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 07 May 2021 |
Growing Reefs Faster Than We’re Killing Them Scott Countryman,Executive Director of the Coral Triangle Conservancy, talkedabout his experience inNasugbu, Batangas growing artificial reefs, and how... |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 14 May 2021 |
Harnessing Marine Renewable Energy Michael Abundo talked about the tidal, wave, floating solar, floating wind, and OTEC sources. He also shared insights into how offshore energy is being... |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 21 May 2021 |
We Live on Planet Sea and it is Acidifying 2:00-3:00 p.m., Zoom, Manila time Dan Millison, ADB's Sustainable Development and Climate Change- Energy Sector Group'sconsultant, talked about... |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 16 June 2021 |
Asia Clean Energy Forum 2021 Spotlight Session: Waste, Energy, and the Oceans All of our civilization’s activities manifest in the ocean. Carbon emitted is absorbed into the sea. This increases acidification and threatens the life... |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 16 July 2021 |
Green Marine Hydrogen Nguyen Dinh from Offshore Wind Consultants Limited presented the current status of offshore hydrogen production, development, and opportunities to produce... |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 28 July 2021 |
Steve Peters presents ADB’s Activities in Hydrogen including MARES at IGEM 2021 |
Stephen Peters |
| 23 Apr 2021 | 6 August 2021 |
How Singapore is Modernizing Fish Farming with Low Carbon Alternative Methods |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 17 August 2021 |
Using the Rigs to Reefs Approach to Accelerate Ocean Regeneration Emily Hazelwood and Amber Sparks, co-foundersofBlue Latitudes, a women-owned marine environmental consulting firm, shared how to develop sustainable solutions... |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 6 October 2021 |
Revealing What Works for Investment Decisions in the Blue Economy – Experience from Island States President James Michel, Former President of The Republic of Seychelles, shared his experience implementing the blue economy. Belinda Bramley from NLA... |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 26 October 2021 |
High-relief Artificial Reefs for Biodiversity Enhancement In response to the areal loss of natural reefs and degradation of existing reefs due to coastal urbanization, high-relief artificial reef structures ... |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 7 January 2022 |
Explaining Ocean Acidification – Science, Observation and Mitigation The Global Ocean Acidification-Observing Network (GOA-ON) presented the science behind ocean acidification (OA) illustrating the causes and impacts. ... |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 14 January 2022 |
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) in Hawaii and Beyond Richard Argall is an expert in ocean energy and marine renewables works on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) projects for Makai Ocean Energy Division... |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 27 January 2022 |
Using Marine Renewable Energy for Just Transition to a Regenerative Blue Economy Humanity is becoming increasingly aware of the challenges to the health of our Oceans. Ocean Acidification is being driven by excess carbon saturation... |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 6 May 2022 |
Paddling to Create Cultured Reefs for New Habitats and Coastal Protection Dr. Will Bateman, CEO of CCell Renewable UK, presented the unique paddle technology to capture Marine Renewable energy to power coastal protection by ... |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 13 May 2022 |
Jumpstarting Ocean Deep Tech Tom Chi explained how deep tech could be rapidly rolled out to solve our oceans' energy, regeneration, and livelihood challenges. Deep tech thinking has... |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 20 May 2022 |
Alternative Proteins Power By Marine Renewable Energy Marcel Kroese explained the energy needs and supply chains for alternative proteins including the current practices on how MARES type interventions can... |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 16 June 2022 |
ACEF 2022 Deep Dive Workshop: The Future of Ocean Energy and Hydrogen - Just Transition to a Safer World Our Ocean has enough energy to power our civilization. However, Ocean energy has been slow to be adopted due to technology costs, subsidization of fossil... |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 15 July 2022 |
Blue Economy: The Seaweed Company Dr. Stefan Kraan,Chief Scientific Officer of Seaweed Company, Ltd. presentedseaweed cultivation as a regenerative adjunct to offshore energy production... |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 30 September 2022 |
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Viability as a Catalyst for Transformative Island Development Professor Ikegami Yasuyuki, Institute of Ocean Energy, Saga University, Japan, andBenjamin Martin, Xenesys Inc., presented the integrated Ocean Thermal... |
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| 23 Apr 2021 | 7 February 2023 |
High-Level Investor Forum on The New Ocean Energy Economy The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved the Knowledge and Support Technical Assistance (TA) 6619:Marine Aquaculture, Reefs, Renewable Energy, and Ecotourism... |
| Date | Session / Activity | Presentation Material | Speaker(s) |
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| 25 Apr 2021 | Project Examples | Materials will be uploaded once available. |