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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

Ocean Wise Innovator Lab

Ocean Wise (
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    The Ocean Wise Innovator Lab is a global project-based competition for youth aged 13-30, including university students, student clubs, high school students, youth-led organizations and startups, launching in 2022. The program’s objective is to elevate youth voices by providing mentorship from leading ocean experts and entrepreneurs, access to funding and educational resources that will help participating youth realize and share their innovative ocean health solutions. Participants will have the chance to learn from leaders in ocean health, including Ocean Wise’s in-house experts, purpose-driven ecopreneurs tackling ocean plastics and design thinking specialists, including Alexandra Cousteau, Co-Founder of Ocean 2050, Brad Liski, CEO of Tru Earth, Brian Hardwick, partner and impact strategist at Enso Collaborative, Laura Hardman, Director of Ocean Wise Plastics Initiative, Joe Mwakiremba, Business Development Executive at Ocean Sole Africa, Soraya Abdel-Hadi, Operations Manager for eXXpedition, Brianne Miller, Founder of Nada zero-waste grocery and Natalie Fee, environmental activist and author. During the three month program, participants will learn about issues impacting the ocean, in particular ocean plastics, and develop an innovation that tackles this problem. The program is inclusive by design and open to all youth aged 13-30 interested in taking direct action to change the trajectory of ocean health. Youth voices and ideas often go unheard and it remains difficult for youth to gain a seat at decision-making tables. The Ocean Wise Innovator Lab is changing this by elevating youth-led solutions to critical ocean health issues. The program seeks to empower youth to increase their participation in ocean conservation, create awareness of plastic pollution and spark direct action to tackle this pressing issue..
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    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

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    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
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    Staff / Technical expertise
    Participants will have the chance to learn from leaders in ocean health, including Ocean Wise’s in-house experts, purpose-driven ecopreneurs tackling ocean plastics and design thinking specialists
    In-kind contribution
    The program will provides access to funding and educational resources that will help participants realize and share their innovative ocean health solutions. At the end of the program participants will submit their innovation with a chance to win $2500CAD
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    Communities of Ocean Action
    Marine pollution, Scientific knowledge, research capacity development and transfer of marine technology
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    Headquarters
    Vancouver, BC Canada
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    Arlene, Account Coordinator Yulu PR