Food Security

Why the future of food must be blue as well as green

A trevally chases fusiliers near Malaysia's Lankayan Island, located in the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion, in the state of Sabah near Borneo on January 9, 2004. The Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion bordered by Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, is the world's richest area for marine life, home to over 45 million inhabitants.

To feed 10 billion people sustainably, we need to put blue foods back on the table Image: REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad

Beatrice Crona
Associate professor, deputy science director, Stockholm Resilience Centre
Jim Leape
Core Team, Blue Food Assessment; Member of Friends of Ocean Action; Co-Director, Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions
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