Development of Sustainable Seaweed Based Functional Products for Promoting Blue Economy

Development of fundamental technologies to sustainably produce functional products using seaweed

In Indonesia - the world’s second largest producer of commercial seaweed and a place where a variety of unutilized seaweed species can be found - there are high expectations for the sustainable and advanced utilization of seaweed resources. The project will develop and consolidate academic knowledge for the efficient and environmentally friendly production of high value-added functional products made from seaweed in the food industry and other fields. Advanced seaweed cultivation methods and processing technologies will be developed using the knowledge gained, as well as production base technologies for the industrial utilization of seaweed resources.

Promotion of the blue economy through the development of functional products using seaweed

A fundamental model for the advanced use of seaweed in Indonesia will be built that globally promotes sustainable marine economy activity, the “Blue Economy,” by encouraging the multifaceted industrial use of seaweed resources through the development of a series of fundamental technologies from seaweed cultivation to processing and manufacturing of functional products, as well as through environmental impact assessments and economic analysis.
* Blue economy: Sustainable economic activity related to oceans and marine environments.