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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

Saafu Raajje - Clean Environmental Management

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    Objectives: Prevention of pollution from waste mismanagement and handling.

    Implementation methodologies: development of community based waste management system in all inhabited islands. The system includes a proper waste separation and storage facility, small scale recycling and necessary equipment for baling and crushing. Composting is a major component in the system so that use of chemical fertilizer for farming and gardening will be reduced. Besides the community based waste management system, the Government is also creating regional waste management facilities that enables to further treat and safe disposal of residual wastes from islands through the mean of waste to energy.

    Follow-up mechanism: Training for waste separation, handling and good practices is being given to all island communities. A monitoring system is in place for the evaluation of performance of the waste management activities. Annual reporting mechanism has been created so that all the islands are required to report on their waste management system.

    Governance mechanism: Ministry of Environment and Energy (MEE) is mandated to develop and create an efficient waste management system throughout the country. Therefore, MEE is responsible to provide the necessary environmental infrastructure to all islands ensuring the prevention of pollution to both the human health and the environment including the marine environment.

    Relations to SDG 14: The waste management system being established in small islands ensures the diversion of indiscriminate dumping of waste from shoreline. Thereby ensuring the conservation of marine resources.
    Partners
    Ministry of Environment and Energy (Government)

    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
    14.1 By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution
    14.2 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
    14.3 Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels
    Waste being properly collected within islands and transfered to regional waste management centres for incineration or recycling purposes in Zone 6 and 7
    Waste being properly collected within islands and transfered to regional waste management centres for incineration or recycling purposes in Zone 2
    Encourage the public to dispose of their waste properly in the capital city so that the waste does not end up in the ocean
    Waste being properly collected within islands and transfered to regional waste management centres for incineration or recycling purposes in Zone 1
    Financing (in USD)
    3500000
    Staff / Technical expertise
    The Government has being receiving funds as well as technical expertise from international funding agencies towards the fulfilment of the commitment
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    Timeline
    01 January 2015 (start date)
    01 December 2018 (date of completion)
    Entity
    Ministry of Environment and Energy
    SDGs
    Geographical coverage
    Male, Maldives
    Ocean Basins
    Indian Ocean
    Communities of Ocean Action
    Marine pollution, Ocean acidification, Marine and coastal ecosystems management
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    Contact Information

    Ahmed Murthaza, Director General