Perspectives in Marine Aquatic Resources and HealthManagement

Aquatic resources are now regarded as major contributors to provisioning services that include health-food supply and pharmaceutical products. There are tremendous opportunities to advantageously make use of the rich biodiversity; and the provisioning, regulatory, cultural and supporting services of our seas to meet the emerging demands of humankind. Since biodiversity and ecosystem functioning is inextricably linked to human societies, we have to value the services of both, considering the growing costs of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. A greener environment with enhanced ecosystem services will be beneficial to the ecological and human well-being.