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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

Departamento de Biologa, Bioqumica y Farmacia

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    La Universidad Nacional del Sur se encuentra localizada en las proximidades del Estuario de Baha Blanca. El mismo est ubicado en el sudeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina), entre los 3845 y 3925 de latitud sur y 6145 y 6225 de longitud oeste. El Estuario de Baha Blanca es un espacio vital para la conservacin de la biodiversidad. La zona interna es un humedal, declarado como rea de Importancia para la Conservacin de Aves Migratorias Nerticas del Cono Sur de Sudamrica. La pesca de camarn de rostro largo, langostino argentino, corvina, gatuso y pejerrey es el sustento de la pesca artesanal local. Algunos beneficios trascienden sus lmites. Debido a la cercana con "El Rincn", una de las reas ms grandes de cra de peces demersales, las aguas del estuario sirven de "guardera" para sus larvas, que son arrastradas hacia el interior. Bebido al potencial cientfico y tecnolgico la universidad, se propone el estudio y desarrollo de alternativas para mitigar el impacto de la actividad antrpica sobre el ecosistema costero y generar nuevas alternativas productivas generadoras de empleo.

    OBJETIVO:
    Desarrollar tecnologas para la bioconversin y valorizacin de residuos para disminuir la contaminacin de aguas costeras y generar actividades productivas sustentables.

    Objetivo particulares:
    Desarrollar tecnologas para valorizar los residuos generados por la actividad de pesca del camarn y el langostino, mediante la obtencin de quitosano y derivados.
    Desarrollo de la acuicultura en costas del Estuario y obtener de bio-productos a partir de los efluentes de acuicultura mediante algas y bacterias: biocombustibles, biopolmeros, fertilizantes.
    Desarrollo de bioinsumos para acuicultura como probiticos y prebiticos para prevenir enfermedades de los peces y optimizar costos de produccin
    Generar nuevas actividades econmicas y empleo.

    Partners
    Universidad Nacional del Sur, Departamento de Biologa, Bioqumica y Farmacia, Departamento de Qumica, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomdicas del Sur (UNS-CONICET).

    Goal 8

    Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

    Goal 8

    8.1

    Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7 per cent gross domestic product growth per annum in the least developed countries
    8.1.1

    Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita

    8.2

    Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors

    8.2.1

    Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person

    8.3

    Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services

    8.3.1

    Proportion of informal employment in total employment, by sector and sex

    8.4

    Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, with developed countries taking the lead

    8.4.1

    Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP

    8.4.2

    Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP

    8.5

    By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
    8.5.1

    Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with disabilities

    8.5.2

    Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities

    8.6

    By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training
    8.6.1

    Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training

    8.7

    Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms

    8.7.1

    Proportion and number of children aged 5‑17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age

    8.8

    Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment

    8.8.1

    Fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries per 100,000 workers, by sex and migrant status

    8.8.2

    Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of association and collective bargaining) based on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual sources and national legislation, by sex and migrant status

    8.9

    By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products

    8.9.1

    Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP and in growth rate

    8.10

    Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all

    8.10.1

    (a) Number of commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults and (b) number of automated teller machines (ATMs) per 100,000 adults

    8.10.2

    Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a bank or other financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider

    8.a

    Increase Aid for Trade support for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, including through the Enhanced Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries
    8.a.1

    Aid for Trade commitments and disbursements

    8.b

    By 2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment and implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization

    8.b.1

    Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment, as a distinct strategy or as part of a national employment strategy

    Goal 14

    Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

    Goal 14

    14.1

    By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution

    14.1.1

    (a) Index of coastal eutrophication; and (b) plastic debris density

    14.2

    By 2020, 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

    14.2.1

    Number of countries using ecosystem-based approaches to managing marine areas

    14.3

    Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels

    14.3.1
    Average marine acidity (pH) measured at agreed suite of representative sampling stations

    14.4

    By 2020, 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

    14.4.1
    Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels

    14.5

    By 2020, 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

    14.5.1
    Coverage of protected areas in relation to marine areas

    14.6

    By 2020, 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

    14.6.1

    Degree of implementation of international instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

    14.7

    By 2030, 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

    14.7.1

    Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP in small island developing States, least developed countries and all countries

    14.a

    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

    14.a.1
    Proportion of total research budget allocated to research in the field of marine technology

    14.b

    Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets

    14.b.1

    Degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small‐scale fisheries

    14.c

    Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in 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"

    14.c.1

    Number of countries making progress in ratifying, accepting and implementing through legal, policy and institutional frameworks, ocean-related instruments that implement international law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources

    Name Description
    14.1 By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
    14.a 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
    Desarrollar tecnologas para valorizar los residuos generados por la actividad de pesca del camarn y el langostino, mediante la obtencin de quitosano y derivados.
    Desarrollo de la acuicultura en costas del Estuario y obtener de bioproductos a partir de los efluentes de acuicultura mediante algas y bacterias: biocombustibles, biopolmeros, fertilizantes
    Staff / Technical expertise
    Especialistas en economa
    Staff / Technical expertise
    Grupo de investigacin en ingeniera de procesos, Electrnica, Ingeniera industrial
    Staff / Technical expertise
    Gruso de investigacin especialistas en: Ictiologa, acuicultura, Bioqumica, Microbiologa y Biotecnologa.
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    01 March 2016 (start date)
    01 December 2020 (date of completion)
    Entity
    Universidad Nacional del Sur
    SDGs
    Geographical coverage
    Baha Blanca, Argentina
    Ocean Basins
    South Atlantic
    Communities of Ocean Action
    Marine pollution, Scientific knowledge, research capacity development and transfer of marine technology
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    Argentina
    Argentina
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    Mara Cubitto, Doctor en Biologa