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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

Encouraging exchange of experiences and lessons learned regarding the sustainable management and use of marine and coastal resources

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    Description
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    The Blue Solutions Initiative uses different formats to facilitate the exchange of experiences and lessons learned of sustainable marine and coastal biodiversity management:

    The PANORAMA partnership and its online platform
    PANORAMA - Solutions for a Healthy Planet [http://www.panorama.solutions/en/explorer] is a partnership initiative to document and promote examples of inspiring, replicable solutions across a range of conservation and development topics, enabling cross-sectoral learning and inspiration. PANORAMA allows practitioners to share their stories, get recognized for successful work, and learn how others have tackled challenges across the globe, by encouraging reflection on and learning from proven approaches. On the PANORAMA web platform these case studies are documented in a structured format, published for a global audience and allow an online exchange between users.
    The Blue Solutions Initiative manages the marine and coastal theme of PANORAMA: http://www.panorama.solutions/en/portal/marine-and-coastal.

    Face-to-face solutions exchange
    In face-to-face meetings and sessions at conferences, participants have the opportunity to present their experiences, as well as learn how key building blocks can be used, recombined and adapted to new settings. The Blue Solutions Initiative organized three regional solution exchange events for Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Wider Caribbean and Africa.

    You want to organize a workshop using solutions?
    In our handbook we provide guidance on how to plan, organize and implement such a workshop including many real-life examples and background documents: http://bluesolutions.info/images/Handbook-Solutioning-workshop-methodol….

    To learn more about the solution-ing approach, please watch this webinar: https://vimeo.com/channels/bluesolutions/234532462

    To read about our numerous events check the news section on our website: https://bluesolutions.info/news/

    To get an impression of the Blue Solutions Initiative and the PANORAMA Solutions Partnership, listen to our partner's voices: https://vimeo.com/180714979

    Contact us for more information or if you would like to share your own blue solution: mail@bluesolutions.info
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    GIZ (other)
    GRID-Arendal (UN System)
    IUCN (NGO)
    UN Environment (UN System)

    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
    14.2 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
    14.5 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.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
    Report on use of solutions
    Video about solution approach
    The Blue Solutions Fair in Thailand
    Documentation & publication of examples for solution replication
    Staff / Technical expertise
    5 full-time and 6 part-time technical experts
    Title Progress Status Submitted
    Partnership Progress 2020-03-02 Completed
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    Timeline
    01 January 2013 (start date)
    01 January 2018 (date of completion)
    Entity
    Blue Solutions
    SDGs
    Geographical coverage
    Bonn, Germany
    Other beneficiaries
    Practitioners, policy-makers and their advisers from different social sectors, such as government, civil society, and academia interested in sharing their experiences and learning from others' successes.
    Ocean Basins
    Global
    Communities of Ocean Action
    Marine and coastal ecosystems management
    Countries
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    Contact Information

    Jan Kleine Buening, Head of Project