Revive Our Ocean: Scaling Effective Coastal Marine Protection to Meet the 30x30 Target
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Description
Revive Our Ocean is a new global initiative inspiring ocean action through an innovative business model that makes coastal marine conservation scalable, sustainable and community-driven. The initiative aims to expedite effective ocean protection by 2030, in line with the 30x30 target established under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15, 2022).
Highly protected marine areas (MPAs) have proven to replenish marine life by reversing biodiversity loss and boosting local livelihoods, food security, economic growth and climate resilience. However, efforts have not been scaled successfully to date due to:
(1) a lack of awareness of the benefits of MPAs;
(2) political barriers to implement them rapidly at the local level;
(3) the wrong business model.
Revive Our Ocean proposes to overcome these three major roadblocks through:
(1) compelling storytelling around the benefits of MPAs;
(2) national policy reform that enables local governments to establish MPAs with communities.
(3) tools, training, and resources to create economically viable MPAs.
Revive Our Ocean will not only help create more coastal MPAs, but, with a coalition, make the ones we have more effective by helping end destructive fishing practices (such as bottom trawling) in MPAs.
National Geographic Pristine Seas (Scientific & Technical Organization)
Oceano Azul Foundation (NGO)
Mediterranean Conservation Society (NGO)
Cyclades Preservation Fund (NGO)
Arran COAST (UK) (NGO)
Mares Mexicanos (NGO)
Rare’s Fish Forever (Philippines, Indonesia) (NGO)
Various coastal community-based organizations and local governments (Government/Local Organizations)
SDGS & Targets
Goal 13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

13.1
Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries
13.1.1
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
13.1.2
Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
13.1.3
Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
13.2
Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning
13.2.1
Number of countries with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
13.2.2
Total greenhouse gas emissions per year
13.3
Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning
13.3.1
Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment
13.a
Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible
13.a.1
Amounts provided and mobilized in United States dollars per year in relation to the continued existing collective mobilization goal of the $100 billion commitment through to 2025
13.b
Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities
13.b.1
Number of least developed countries and small island developing States with nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, national adaptation plans and adaptation communications, as reported to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
SDG 14 targets covered
Deliverables & Timeline
Resources mobilized
Partnership Progress

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Other beneficiaries
Ocean Basins
Communities of Ocean Action
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Contact Information
Kristin, CEO