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marine protected areas are considered as effective means, and pilot sites for MSP with real
experience on improved marine planning, and governance, zoning, sustainable small-scale
fisheries, stakeholder participation, and long-term research, and monitoring (COP meeting, 2021).
5. Concepts related to MSP
Most MSP approaches that address goals, such as marine and coastal biodiversity conservation
(following the Aichi Biodiversity Target of the CBD), need to consider additional themes like
blue economy, climate change, and sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations
2030 Agenda.
5.1. MSP and Sustainable development goals
Sustainable development is a development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The United Nations
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and its 17 interconnected SDGs, adopted in 2015, is
a global framework for international, national, and local initiatives that can be led by any group
of stakeholders – but especially through partnerships – towards a more sustainable, and just
world. Moreover, it is a long-term roadmap that sets the scene for public policies.
Several SDGs are relevant to the ocean, and comprise specific targets, and timetables for
achieving them. Goal 14, „Life below water‟, addresses marine issues specifically. It provides
opportunities to facilitate concrete actions for ocean sustainability, and to foster greater
integration among the sectors of ocean governance.
The sustainable use of the ocean cannot be achieved unless the management of all sectors of
human activities affecting the ocean is coherent. Human impacts on the sea are no longer minor
compared to the overall scale of oceans. A coherent overall approach is needed. This requires
considerations of the effects on ecosystems of each of the many pressures, what is being done in
other sectors, and the way that they interact. (UN, 2015)
Therefore, MSP should embrace all SDGs, and contribute to achieving them. As the 2030
Agenda can only be achieved by „transforming global aspirations to local realities‟ MSP can
become a vehicle contributing to this aim and involving different spatial scales of intervention.
Indeed, there is room for such a process to tackle the challenges of the present decade.
It is important to highlight that the achievement of a specific SDG should not jeopardise, but
foster, the others whenever possible especially since there are many close synergies between
them such as SDG 14, SDG 2 (zero hunger), and 12 (responsible production, and consumption).
Indeed, the achievement of SDG 14 has the potential to support sustainable consumption, and
production patterns in ocean-based industries.
marine protected areas are considered as effective means, and pilot sites for MSP with real
experience on improved marine planning, and governance, zoning, sustainable small-scale
fisheries, stakeholder participation, and long-term research, and monitoring (COP meeting, 2021).
5. Concepts related to MSP
Most MSP approaches that address goals, such as marine and coastal biodiversity conservation
(following the Aichi Biodiversity Target of the CBD), need to consider additional themes like
blue economy, climate change, and sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations
2030 Agenda.
5.1. MSP and Sustainable development goals
Sustainable development is a development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The United Nations
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and its 17 interconnected SDGs, adopted in 2015, is
a global framework for international, national, and local initiatives that can be led by any group
of stakeholders – but especially through partnerships – towards a more sustainable, and just
world. Moreover, it is a long-term roadmap that sets the scene for public policies.
Several SDGs are relevant to the ocean, and comprise specific targets, and timetables for
achieving them. Goal 14, „Life below water‟, addresses marine issues specifically. It provides
opportunities to facilitate concrete actions for ocean sustainability, and to foster greater
integration among the sectors of ocean governance.
The sustainable use of the ocean cannot be achieved unless the management of all sectors of
human activities affecting the ocean is coherent. Human impacts on the sea are no longer minor
compared to the overall scale of oceans. A coherent overall approach is needed. This requires
considerations of the effects on ecosystems of each of the many pressures, what is being done in
other sectors, and the way that they interact. (UN, 2015)
Therefore, MSP should embrace all SDGs, and contribute to achieving them. As the 2030
Agenda can only be achieved by „transforming global aspirations to local realities‟ MSP can
become a vehicle contributing to this aim and involving different spatial scales of intervention.
Indeed, there is room for such a process to tackle the challenges of the present decade.
It is important to highlight that the achievement of a specific SDG should not jeopardise, but
foster, the others whenever possible especially since there are many close synergies between
them such as SDG 14, SDG 2 (zero hunger), and 12 (responsible production, and consumption).
Indeed, the achievement of SDG 14 has the potential to support sustainable consumption, and
production patterns in ocean-based industries.