The sea – the great “blue pharmacy”.
The sea, the great “blue pharmacy”, is a huge source of biological diversity and potent active ingredients. Inez Linke and Levent Piker talk about respectful handling in the podcast.
Entries by Christoph Jochims
Diversity creates prosperity and beauty
The diversity of the oceans seems infinite, the ecosystem itself still as unknown as the far side of the moon. Its sensitivity and importance to humans, however, we already suspect, especially when consequences for which humans are responsible, such as rising sea levels, lead to direct impacts on civilization and the economy.
The blue hope
The potential for food security and adding value to the living resources in the ocean seems endless. Today, more than 100 million tons of algae, fish, crabs and other organisms are already caught or cultivated in the sea every year, and more than 3 billion people obtain at least 20% of their animal protein requirements from fish.
