Micronesia Challenge
Description
• Government leaders, conservation practitioners, private partners, and local communities collaborate to promote island conservation and sustainable livelihoods. The Challenge has aided in strengthening or establishing over 150 protected areas throughout the Micronesia region.• The Micronesia Conservation Trust was selected to host a regional endowment to provide long-term, sustainable funding for biodiversity conservation. Since 2007, US$14.8 million has been secured, including pledges from The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, and Global Environment Facility, with a goal to raise an estimated additional $41 million.
The Republic of the Marshall Islands
The Republic of Palau
The US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
The US Territory of Guam
Micronesia Conservation Trust (MCT)
The Nature Conservancy
Conservation International (CI)
Global Island Partnership (GLISPA)
Bat Conservation International
Chuuk Conservation Society
College of Marshall Islands
Conservation Society of Pohnpei
Conservation Strategy Fund
European Union Conservation and Environmental Protection Programme
German International Climate Initiative
Global Environment Facility
Helen Reef Resource Management Program
Island Conservation
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Kaday Community and Cultural Development Organization (KC&CDO)
Kosrae Conservation and Safety Organization
Mariana Islands Nature Alliance (MINA)
Micronesian Image Institute
Micronesians in Island Conservation (MIC)
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
New York Botanical Garden
OneReef
Pacific Islands Managed and Protected Areas Community (PIMPAC)
Pacific Marine Resources Institute (PMRI)
Palau Community College
Palau Conservation Society
Palau International Coral Reef Center
Palau Protected Areas Network Fund
RARE
SeaWeb
Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
The Government of Turkey
The Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Environment Programme
University of Guam Marine Laboratory
US Department of Interior - Office of Insular Affairs
US Environmental Protection Agency
US Fish and Wildlife Services
US Forest Service
US National Invasive Species Council
US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
US Natural Resources Conservation Services
Yap Community Action Program
Yela Environment Landowners Authority
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
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