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Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration
… 14), “conserve and sus- tainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development”, which will be … Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development 14.1 By 2025, … is with target 14.6, “By 2020, prohibit certain forms of fishery subsidies which contribute to overfishing etc.” In …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, fisheries and marine/coastal areas, sustainable tourism, energy and climate … 108 3.5 Marine/Coastal … including biodiversity and related to illegal fishery and the tracking and trading of endangered species; … on involved industries. Such measures include the use of fishery licensing requirements, extensive environmental …
GEO yearbook 2003
… Caused by Natural Hazards 87 Biodiversity 88 Coastal and Marine Areas 89 Freshwater 90 Urban Areas 91 Global … introduced some new indicators, including on air quality, marine protected areas, and ozone protection. UNEP is more … United States, we have already depleted some of our major fishery resources, lost treasured recreational areas, and …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… Member of the International Law Commission; Ambassador for Marine Conservation Mohammed Abdelwahab-Beckeshi (Algeria) - … (United States) - High Seas Policy Advisor, IUCN Global Marine Programme Lothar Gündling (Germany) - International … (2000); Convention on the Conservation and Management of Fishery Resources in the South-East Atlantic Ocean (2001); …
Embedding the Environment in Sustainable Development Goals
… in order to prevent, eliminate and reduce pollution of the marine environment. On the other hand, 40 showed some … within safe biological limits, the overexploitation of marine fisheries reached a new peak in 2008. According to the … pollution problems including threats to the freshwater fishery and food security in some developing countries.42 On …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… UNEP has long been involved in the field of fresh and marine water and has developed a number of programmes and … rain-, surface- and ground waters, and coastal and marine waters. The importance of environmental aspects stems … into the water. Class F Water (being water managed for fishery purposes)— 1. The natural temperature of the water— …
Global Warming of 1.5°C - an IPPC special report on the impacts of global warming
… is limited to 1.5°C in the 21st century (high confidence). Marine ice sheet instability in Antarctica and/or … global warming to 1.5°C is projected to reduce risks to marine biodiversity, fisheries, and ecosystems, and their … be less at 1.5ºC of global warming than at 2ºC. One global fishery model, for example, projected a decrease in global …
Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development
… 19 Objective 1: Ensuring sustainable development in marine and coastal areas 26 Objective 2: Promoting resource … Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the … addresses key areas impacted by human activity, from the marine and coastal environments, using ecosystem-based …
Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management
… Service Unit of IUCN, 1998, xii + 52pp. Guidelines for Marine Protected Areas. No. 3. Graeme Kelleher, 1999, xxiv + … Bernard Back: Ferry at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia, ©Paul F. J. Eagles; Birding in … of dive operations, than if they are the basis of a shark fishery. Thus there was a sound economic case for protecting …
Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… kilometres. The basin is the centre of the largest inland fishery in the world and supports the livelihoods of 60 … Waters focus area includes both freshwater and marine systems and was established to assist countries to … surface water basins, groundwater basins, and coastal and marine systems to enable the sharing of benefits from their …