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Life Below Water (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
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Life Below Water (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as
biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health
and living conditions, especially but not only in developing
countries, intensify. Therefore, there is an increasing need to
search for integrated solutions to make development more
sustainable. The United Nations has acknowledged the problem and
approved the "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development". On 1st
January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the
Agenda officially came into force. These goals cover the three
dimensions of sustainable development: economic growth, social
inclusion and environmental protection. The Encyclopedia of the UN
Sustainable Development Goals comprehensively addresses the SDGs in
an integrated way. It encompasses 17 volumes, each one devoted to
one of the 17 SDGs. This volume is dedicated to SDG 14 "Conserve
and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for
sustainable development". Marine and coastal bio-resources, play an
essential role in human well-being and social and economic
development. This volume addresses this sustainability challenge
providing the description of a range of terms, which allows a
better understanding and fosters knowledge about it. Concretely,
the defined targets are: Prevent and significantly reduce marine
pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities,
including marine debris and nutrient pollution Sustainably manage
and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant
adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and
take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and
productive oceans Minimize and address the impacts of ocean
acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at
all levels Effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing,
illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing
practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to
restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to
levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by
their biological characteristics Conserve at least 10 per cent of
coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and
international law and based on the best available scientific
information Prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which
contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies
that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and
refrain from introducing new such subsidies, recognizing that
appropriate and effective special and differential treatment for
developing and least developed countries should be an integral part
of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiation 16
Increase the economic benefits to small island developing states
and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine
resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries,
aquaculture and tourism Increase scientific knowledge, develop
research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into
account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and
Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to
improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine
biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in
particular small island developing states and least developed
countries Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to
marine resources and markets Enhance the conservation and
sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing
international law as reflected in the United Nations Convention on
the Law of the Sea, which provides the legal framework for the
conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources, as
recalled in paragraph 158 of "The future we want" Editorial Board
Ulisses M. Azeiteiro, Anabela Marisa Azul, Luciana Brandli, Ernesto
Brugnoli, Ana M. M. Goncalves, Giulia Guerriero, Nathalie Hilmi,
Walter Leal Filho, Filipe Martinho, Fernando Morgado, Saleem
Mustafa, Nidhi Nagabhatla, Melissa Nursey-Bray, Jessica M. Savage,
Teppo Vehanen
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