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United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Sustainable Development

Strengthening the security of the sea and its resources

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    Goal

    - Affirm Madagascar's sovereignty over its maritime area and guarantee its security;
    - Reduce all forms of marine pollution and the illicit and illegal exploitation of marine resources.

    Methodology

    - Continue the process of delimiting maritime borders with neighboring States;
    - Fully operationalize the National Marine Information Mergers Center;
    - Fully operationalize the Regional Center for the Fusion of Maritime Information and the Regional Center for the Coordination of Maritime Operations, in collaboration with the countries Eastern and Southern Africa and Indian Ocean;
    - Increase operational response at sea in terms of human resources, technical and physical capacity;
    - Increase the participation in regional fisheries monitoring patrols;
    - Equip industrial fishing fleets with an Electronic Report System (ERS);
    - Adopt international legal frameworks on area and biological beyond national jurisdictions;
    - Effectively enforce regulations on marine and coastal resources local governance;
    - Reduce marine pollution affecting public health and marine and coastal ecosystems;
    - Prevent the release of organic, mineral, solid and nutrient wastes into the marine environment;
    - Establish marine environment quality standards.
    Partners
    All relevant Government Departments of the Malagasy Government;
    Maritime Information Fusion Center (Governmental Office);
    Regional Center for the Fusion of Maritime Information;
    Non-governmental organizations.

    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.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"
    Dialogues on the delimitation of maritime borders initiated; 30% of industrial fishing vessel operating in waters under Malagasy national jurisdiction equipped with an Electronic Report System (ERS).
    Quality standards for the marine environment put in place.
    Operational capacity for intervention at sea in terms of human resources, technical and material capacity doubled.
    Staff / Technical expertise
    All relevant Malagasy Government Departments; Maritime Information Fusion Center (Associated Organization - Government) ; Fisheries Monitoring Center
    Other, please specify
    Financial resources envisaged: Public Investment Programs; European Union; World Bank; Indian Ocean Commission; Bilateral cooperation.
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    Timeline
    01 December 2017 (start date)
    01 December 2030 (date of completion)
    Entity
    Interdepartmental Committee, Madagascar
    SDGs
    Geographical coverage
    Batiment Plan Anosy Antananarivo 101 - Madagascar
    Other beneficiaries
    Countries in the South West Indian Ocean Region.
    Ocean Basins
    Indian Ocean
    Communities of Ocean Action
    Marine pollution, Implementation of international law as reflected in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
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    Countries
    Madagascar
    Madagascar
    Contact Information

    Herilanto RAVELOHARISON, Minister of Economy and Planning