Green Fins Hub-Blue Economy

Question 1

Who launched Green Fins Hub?

Answer 1

• United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)
• UK-based charity : Reef-World Foundation

Question 2

Which is a proven conservation management approach implemented internationally by The Reef-World Foundation and the UNEP which leads to a measurable reduction in the negative environmental impacts associated with marine tourism?

Answer 2

Green Fins

Originally established in Thailand in 2004

Question 3

___ is the first-ever global marine tourism industry platform.

Answer 3

Green Fins Hub

Question 4

___ refers to sustainable practices in and by the tourism industry.

Answer 4

Sustainable Tourism

Question 5

___ constitutes the largest economic sector for most Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and many coastal states.

Answer 5

Coastal and Marine Tourism (CMT)

represents at least 50% of total global tourism

Question 6

coastal and marine tourism is projected to be the largest value-adding segment of the ocean economy by

Answer 6

2030, at 26%

Question 7

____ is a UN-convened global community focused on the intersection between private finance and ocean health, supporting the implementation of the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles.

Answer 7

Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Initiative

Question 8

Which are the foundational keystone to invest in the ocean economy?

Answer 8

The Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles
* are the world’s first global guiding framework for banks, insurers and investors to finance a sustainable blue economy
* promote the implementation of SDG 14 (Life Below Water)

Launched in 2018

Question 9

Who has become a signatory of the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative?

Answer 9

Ocean Recovery Alliance
* led by the UNEP , World Tourism Organization, in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Question 10

___ is the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods and jobs, and ocean ecosystem health.

Answer 10

Blue Economy
* concept was introduced by Gunter Pauli
* in his 2010 book- “The Blue Economy: 10 years, 100 innovations, 100 million jobs”

Question 11

___ is a sector that is expanding rapidly and is expected to be increasingly important in the future

Answer 11

Sunrise Sector

Question 12

Blue economy would reinforce and strengthen the efforts of the Indian government as it strives to achieve the SDGs of hunger and poverty eradication along with sustainable use of marine resources by

Answer 12

2030

Question 13

___ launched by the MoT with the objective of holistic development of identified pilgrimage destinations in 2017?

Answer 13

‘National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive’ (PRASHAD)

Question 14

____ is the sixth dimension of Government of India’s Vision of New India by 2030

Answer 14

Blue Economy

Question 15

Which is a debt instrument issued by governments, development banks etc., to raise capital from investors to finance marine and ocean-based projects?

Answer 15

Blue Bond

Question 16

___ was launched with an intention to develop technologies to harness the living and non-living resources from the deep-oceans.

Answer 16

Deep Ocean Mission