Sabah International Blue Economy Conference 2024 (SIBEC 2024)

Date: 19 - 20 October 2024

Role in the event: Rapporteur

SIBEC 2024 is a follow-up to the Synedrio Sabah Maju Jaya conference: Exploring New Treasures Through the Blue Economy Concept in Sabah (SMJ EKOB 2023) themed "Beyond Limits, Unleashing Economy". The blue economy comprised four main components, including harvesting of living resources (seafood and marine biotechnology), extraction of non-living resources, and generation of new resources (minerals, energy, and freshwater). The other two components consisted of commerce and trade in and around the oceans (transport and trade, tourism and recreation) and response to ocean health challenges (ocean monitoring and surveillance, carbon sequestration, coastal protection and waste disposal). There were 14 industries earmarked under the four main components, among them aquaculture, fisheries, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, oil and gas, renewables, shipping, blue carbon, and habitat protection and restoration.

STEFFIANA J JIPANIN (Ph.D Candidate)

Supervisor : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sazlina Md Salleh