WHERE GREEN MEETS BLUE

A FISHERMAN in the waters of the Muna Strait, Central Buton Regency, Southeast Sulawesi, Thursday, January 9, 2025. The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries aims to accelerate the implementation of the blue economy program through five key strategies: expanding conservation areas to cover 30 percent of Indonesia’s territorial waters, setting fishing quotas, launching the Bulan Cinta Laut (Sea Love Month) program for sea waste education, implementing marine spatial planning to protect coastal and marine ecosystems, and using marine resource accounting to measure the sustainability of marine resource use. ANTARA/Jojon