Management and Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems in the Pacific
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ Pacific), Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Pacific Community (SPC)
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Description
The Management and Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems (MACBLUE) project focuses on developing and strengthening institutional and individual capacities on a long-term basis to strengthen the sustainable management and conservation of mangrove and seagrass ecosystems. It works along five outputs. As a first step, the partners map the extent of seagrass and mangrove ecosystems in close collaboration with the project. On the basis of this information, the project supports national governments and stakeholders in the assessment and modelling of carbon storage capacity, emission potential and ecosystem services.
The resulting data make an important contribution to the inventory of associated natural capital and assist governments in establishing appropriate incentives for conservation, management and rehabilitation measures. In addition, the project contributes to the dissemination of tried-and-tested approaches in the four partner countries as well as in neighbouring Pacific Island Countries.
Overall, MACBLUE is supporting Fiji, Papua New-Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to meet their priorities in biodiversity conservation and climate protection. The protection and sustainable management of seagrass meadows and mangrove forests, quantified and measured sequestration of carbon dioxide and mitigation of greenhouse gases as well as the increase in adaptative capacity towards the impacts of climate change contribute to meeting international targets of the UNCBD, the UNFCCC, as well as the Sustainable Development Goals.
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) - Intergovernmental
Pacific Community (SPC) - Intergovernmental
SDGS & Targets
Goal 14
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
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
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
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
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
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
SDG 14 targets covered
| Name | Description |
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| 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 |
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