Ballast Water Utopia and Some Environmental Protection Ideas

• Main Author: Ndlovu, Portia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science / Environmental Science; bisacsh:SCI026000; Arctic
• Online Access: https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/01664fea-ed4e-4a9c-8b41-aa1ef8ea348a; https://openresearchlibrary.org/ext/api/media/01664fea-ed4e-4a9c-8b41-aa1ef8ea348a/assets/external_content.pdf

An environmental protection plan that would resemble a true utopia might still be distant however, employing advanced methods and innovation that will get the global community on the road to the best marine and other environmental protections should be every generation’s intent. Ballast water management as related to shipping, trade, and the marine world as a special concern of this paper has been one of the most notable innovation drivers in the maritime space in the last couple of decades in order to close doors to the dangers of introducing new aquatic invasive species in sensitive environments around the world (bio invasions). This paper aims to selectively survey some established ballast water management methods reimagined by the latest innovations reflecting on some latest developments. The world is constantly facing troubling concerns over environmental protection issues particularly related to marine and maritime related endeavors. For example, what it may mean to lose many Russian scientists that are involved in arctic research as a result of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, especially with ship traffic and ballast water management slated to be more and more of a concern in that area as shipping channels become more open in that region.