Blue Economy: Challenges & Opportunities
Mr. H. P. Rajan
Former Deputy Director, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
Blue Economy, in the context of Marine Domain Awareness (MDA) and its critical component, the Underwater Domain Awareness (UDA) and the contemporary relevance to BIMSTEC, involves bringing together several perspectives. My own area of work being the Law of the Sea, my few observations herein are from a legal perspective.
The essential focus of Marine Domain Awareness and Underwater Domain Awareness is on matters of security. Blue Economy, on the other hand, is essentially resource oriented. Blue Economy refers to harnessing of ocean resources for economic benefits.
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Mr. H. P. Rajan
Former Deputy Director, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
Independent Consultant on the Law of the Sea. Former Deputy Director, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, and Secretary, Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, United Nations, New York. Former elected Member of the Legal and Technical Commission of the International Seabed Authority. Former Adviser to the then Department of Ocean Development, now Ministry of Earth Sciences.