EcoCube provides data-driven insights on ocean and coastal projects, offering transparency and trust to stakeholders. Their area-based system delivers objective data for informed decision-making in marine environments.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Decision-makers in marine and coastal projects lack comprehensive, objective data to understand the environmental and economic impacts of their activities. Traditional methods for assessing natural assets are often slow, costly, and lack transparency, hindering sustainable development in the blue economy.
Solution
Blue Ocean Future offers an area-based system, called EcoCube, that provides data-driven insights into ocean and coastal projects, fostering transparency and informed decision-making. The EcoCube framework quantifies and validates natural assets within a defined ecosystem, establishing a baseline for measuring regeneration or deterioration. By integrating aerial assessments, photography, sensors, and underwater equipment, Blue Ocean Future delivers a holistic, ecosystem-based framework for tracking natural assets at regular intervals. This approach enables nations, localities, and ventures to develop sustainable economies that grow in harmony with nature.
Target Audience
Blue Ocean Future serves national and sub-national governments, tribal governance, the private sector, IGOs & MDBs, NGOs, and communities involved in marine and coastal projects.
Features
- EcoCube: A streamlined model representing the natural capital stocks and flows within a defined ecosystem area.
- BlueCube: Represents the current state and development scenarios for a sustainable Blue Ocean Economy.
- GreenCube: Represents the Green terrestrial Economy concept, focusing on biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- OrangeCube: Represents the governance and social aspects of an area, establishing a baseline for well-being and integration.
- IoT Arrays & Testing & Data Science: Utilizes advanced technologies for data collection and analysis.
- Blockchain Technologies: Ensures data transparency and security.
- Marine Spatial Planning: Expertise in planning and managing marine resources.
- Climate Mitigation Strategies: Development of strategies for carbon dioxide removal and coastal resilience.