UN Goal #14:
Life Below Water
Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future.
The ocean drives global systems that make the Earth habitable for humankind. Our rainwater, drinking water, weather, climate, coastlines, much of our food, and even the oxygen in the air we breathe, are all ultimately provided and regulated by the sea.
Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future. However, at the current time, there is a continuous deterioration of coastal waters owing to pollution, and ocean acidification is having an adversarial effect on the functioning of ecosystems and biodiversity. This is also negatively impacting small scale fisheries.
Saving our ocean must remain a priority. Marine biodiversity is critical to the health of people and our planet. Marine protected areas need to be effectively managed and well-resourced and regulations need to be put in place to reduce overfishing, marine pollution and ocean acidification.
Primary Goal: By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
Website: UN Goal #14: Life Below Water
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Opportunities and the Environmental, Social, and Economic Challenges of the Seafood Sector. LovetheWild, Fish 2.0, Fishpeople Seafood (Photo courtesy of Fish 2.0 - May 14, 2018)