Use case: Seabed mapping innovation
The world’s oceans cover 70% of the Earth. This is about 362 million square kilometres of the total surface area (Eakins and Sharman, 2010). Seabed 2030 ambition is to source, acquire and collate global ocean coverage of seabed mapping by the end of year 2030. To date we have acquired, processed, and made seabed mapping […]
Governance and Finance in the Blue Economy: What’s happening
Welcome to the first edition of NLAI's Blue Economy Pulse. Over time, Pulse will explore the many facets of the Blue Economy, including marine planning and implementation, combining synergistic sustainable ocean activities, stakeholder inclusion and science, technology and innovation. In this edition we focus on blue economy governance and finance, two areas ripe for innovation […]
Collaborating for Future Conservation in the Sargasso Sea
The Sargasso Sea Commission, formed after the signing of the Hamilton Declaration, is primarily a group of independent scientific experts that have been hard at work in their stewardship role reviewing, researching and safeguarding this two-million square mile iconic area of ocean.
Don’t Take Your Satnav Position for Granted
NLAI Associate Director Capt Phil Buckley highlights the need to improve maritime navigation system integrity. The Blue Economy is underpinned by an oft overlooked but critical capability. Since the very first humans set out to sea the ability to understand position and time has allowed safe navigation. Local knowledge and familiarity with coastal terrain was supplemented by advances […]
Offshore Wind - Lessons from the UK
NLA International was very pleased to support a webinar hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) last week, exploring lessons in the development of offshore wind in the UK. Presenters David Still CBE and Bill Grainger - both NLAI Associates - shared a wide range of accessible, practical advice on technical aspects and broader strategic drivers behind the UK’s progress. You […]
How Resilient Position, Navigation and Timing can INSPIRe greater confidence in the Blue Economy
By Phil Buckley (Associate Director, NLA International) on behalf of the INSPIRe team. The Blue Economy is underpinned by an oft-overlooked but critical capability. Since the very first humans set out to sea the ability to understand position and time has allowed navigation. Local knowledge and familiarity with coastal terrain was supplemented by advances in knowledge and then technology. […]
Accelerating the Blue Economy – the role of Multilateral Development Banks
By Belinda Bramley, Associate, NLA International As a recent podcast from the Overseas Development Institute highlights, the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) occupy a unique role in combining the financing of development with the provision of essential public goods, including research and forecasts, technical knowledge and policy advice. How they engage with partner countries in supporting the Blue Economy […]
Collaborate to Coordinate: Strategic Approaches to Blue Economy Development
By Belinda Bramley, Associate, NLA International Cancún’s location on the Caribbean Sea makes it one of Mexico’s top tourist destinations. Image credit: Consejo de Promocion Turistica de Quintana Roo. In our previous article, we considered the overall scale and types of activities underway within the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to support Blue Economy development around the world. We know to […]
Lord Sheikh’s speech in the House of Lords – 10.09.22
Recognising Lord Sheikh’s role as non-executive Chairman of NLA International Ltd we feel it fitting to share his speech of Tribute to the Queen at the time of Her Majesty’s passing. My Lords, I join millions of people in the country and all over the world in expressing my sorrow and pain at the passing […]
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