Space4Ocean. Monitoring marine ecosystems with satellites.
Arboleda Intelligence (LLC)
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Arboleda Intelligence is pleased to present our voluntary commitment aimed at enhancing global cooperation in monitoring, planning, and evaluating environmental conditions, with a focus on ocean health. Our commitment is centered around the development of a cutting-edge tool that will enable citizens worldwide to monitor oceanic pollution using space-based Earth Observation (EO) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technologies. This tool will serve as a free, open-access resource for individuals and organizations to track pollution in oceans and make data-driven decisions to protect the health of our planet.
The world’s oceans are facing an escalating crisis due to pollution, particularly plastic waste, chemical runoff, and oil spills. The impact of this pollution is not just limited to marine ecosystems but extends to human health, food security, and economic stability. Unfortunately, the lack of real-time, high-resolution monitoring capabilities makes it difficult to assess and address these challenges effectively. Current monitoring systems are either too costly, too fragmented, or lack the capacity to provide global-scale data with the frequency and precision needed for effective intervention.
Arboleda Intelligence seeks to bridge this gap by offering an accessible tool that leverages the full potential of space data to monitor oceans and track pollution sources globally. Our solution will provide vital information to government agencies, environmental NGOs, industries, and most importantly, the citizens who are the stewards of our planet’s future.
Arboleda Intelligence, an aerospace consultancy specializing in the design and development of EGNOS GNSS and EO satellites, has the expertise and infrastructure needed to implement this transformative tool. Our proposed system will integrate data from Earth Observation (EO) satellites, including optical imagery and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), to detect pollution hotspots, track environmental changes, and assess ocean health. Through this system, real-time monitoring of pollutants such as oil spills, plastic debris, and harmful algal blooms will be made possible.
The tool will utilize EO and SAR data, which are collected continuously by a network of satellites orbiting the Earth. SAR technology, in particular, offers unparalleled capabilities for monitoring ocean surface pollution, as it can capture images regardless of weather conditions or time of day. Combining this with EO satellite imagery will allow us to provide highly accurate, timely, and actionable insights into ocean pollution on a global scale.
One of the most important features of this initiative is its accessibility. Arboleda Intelligence firmly believes in the democratization of space technology and its applications.
To support the development and maintenance of this tool, Arboleda Intelligence will partner with companies that are committed to corporate social responsibility and want to sponsor the monitoring of specific areas of the world’s oceans. These companies will have the opportunity to support the monitoring of regions that align with their environmental goals and will benefit from the valuable insights this tool provides, which can inform their own sustainability initiatives.
Arboleda Intelligence SL (Private Sector)
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 |
|---|---|
| 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.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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