Ocean justice: SDG 14 and beyond

Armstrong, Chris

doi:10.1080/17449626.2020.1779113

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“…Not only does the ocean provide livelihoods and income for humans, it also supports human wellbeing through nonmonetary values, and is in many countries central to both socioeconomic and cultural dimensions (Allison et al, 2020). The current biodiversity loss can lead to various undesirable futures depending on the actions, strategies and plans we make today (Armstrong, 2020;Wyborn et al, 2020). This, together with the increasing need to achieve the UN SDG 14 for life below water emphasize the importance of implementing effective ecosystembased MSP initiatives, with strong sustainability objectives that prioritize the health and resilience of the ocean above the achievement of blue growth objectives.…”

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A Review of Sustainability Concepts in Marine Spatial Planning and the Potential to Supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14

Kirkfeldt

Santos

2021

Front. Mar. Sci.

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Ecosystems all over the world are under increasing pressure from human uses. The UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 (UN SDG 14) seeks to ensure sustainability below water by 2020; however, the ongoing biodiversity loss and habitat deterioration challenge the achievement of this goal. Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) is a developing practice with a similar objective to the UN SDG 14, albeit research shows that most MSP cases prioritize economic objectives above environmental objectives. This paper presents an assessment of how MSP can contribute to achieving the UN SDG 14. Results are presented in three steps. First, a representative definition of MSP is presented. Secondly, activities that can be addressed through MSP are laid out. Lastly, results are used to assess how MSP can contribute to the achievement of the UN SDG 14 targets and indicators. This assessment shows great potential for MSP to play a role in the achievement of the UN SDG 14.

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A Review of Sustainability Concepts in Marine Spatial Planning and the Potential to Supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14

Kirkfeldt

Santos

2021

Front. Mar. Sci.

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“…Achieving SDG 14 needs be seen as an opportunity for stakeholders to have dialogues and debates on how to best advance towards a sustainable ocean. The integration of SDG14 in the development of blue economy agendas in the WIO should result in a more inclusive process and enhance blue justice (Bennett, 2018;Armstrong, 2020), creating an opportunity for the region to be a model for the rest of the world.…”

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Sustainable Development Goal 14 in the Western Indian Ocean: a socio-ecological approach to understanding progress

Andriamahefazafy¹,

Touron-Gardic²,

March³

et al. 2022

WIO J. Mar. Sci.

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) intend to “achieve a better and more sustainable future for all people in the world”1. They have become a key driver for policy and decision-making in many regions, including in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region. This paper analyses national and regional progress towards achieving SDG 14 in the WIO. Progress of four of the SDG 14 targets that were due in 2020 are analysed. SDG 14 has influenced regional and national policy agendas but current tools to measure this progress fail to provide a detailed picture of achievement towards each target for countries in the WIO. The paper highlights that the region has shown limited success in achieving the targets and SDG 14 targets are unlikely to be reached by 2030. The WIO region lags behind with regard to marine conservation related targets. More than half of the countries have low to average progress on SDG 14.2 on marine areas being covered by area-based management tools. Even more countries are far from achieving the 10 % coverage of marine protected areas under SDG 14.5. The region is performing better with regards to fisheries management targets with most countries classified as making average to good progress towards SDG 14.4 on sustainable stocks and SDG 14.6 on addressing harmful subsidies and IUU fishing. The diversity of the socio-economic and governance contexts in the WIO countries contributes to different levels of progress. The fairly positive ecological state of the WIO supports progress towards SDG 14. Understanding barriers to progress is fundamental to help with the prioritisation of the actions needed to meet the SDG 14 targets by 2030. Regional actors and policy-makers will need to increase their ambitions to meet the SDG 14 targets and ensure a healthy ocean and improved prospects for the region and its citizens. To account for barriers in progress towards SDG 14, the WIO region needs appropriate reporting and monitoring mechanisms and it should follow a holistic regional approach of ocean governance integrating conservation and sustainable resource use. It needs to build capacity and knowledge sharing for implementation of SDG 14 and ocean governance at various levels. Improved implementation of SDG targets will have social, economic and environmental benefits within the region.

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“…Ocean justice focuses on the unequal distribution of Ocean resources in management and planning in society as supported by social institutions suffering from systemic racism and colonialism [51][52][53]. Moreover, Ocean justice is concerned with the recognitional, procedural, distributional, and relational advancement of justice for Ocean well-being.…”

Section: Indigenous Ocean Justice and Tribal Fisheries Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…and colonialism [51][52][53]. Moreover, Ocean justice is concerned with the recognitional, procedural, distributional, and relational advancement of justice for Ocean well-being.…”

Section: Indigenous Ocean Justice and Tribal Fisheries Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustaining Tribal Fisheries: U.S. Economic Relief Policies during COVID-19

Léonard

2021

Sustainability

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This article reviews the individual spend plans of U.S. states granted a funding allocation under Sec. 12005 of the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act to identify consistency with legislative mandates to support Tribal commercial, subsistence, cultural, or ceremonial fisheries negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizing critical discourse analysis, this study identifies state discursive practices in supporting Tribal sovereignty in fisheries management for the advancement of Indigenous Ocean justice. State spending plans (n = 22) publicly available and submitted to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration before July 2021 were reviewed. Few of the state spend plans listed impacts to Tribal fisheries due to the pandemic. Only two state plans included Tribal consultation and direct economic relief for commercial, subsistence, cultural, and/or ceremonial losses faced by neighboring Tribes and Tribal citizens. Overall, the protections within the CARES Act for Tribal fisheries were not integrated into state spend plans. The article identifies best practices for state fisheries relief policy content that is affirming of Tribal fishing rights and uses them to help address the ongoing pandemic crisis facing Tribal fisheries. These findings have relevance for future emergency relief programs that are inclusive of Tribal Nations. Honoring Tribal sovereignty and the federal trust responsibility must be the cornerstone of shared sustainable fisheries.

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Ocean justice: SDG 14 and beyond

Cited by 23 publications

References 24 publications

A Review of Sustainability Concepts in Marine Spatial Planning and the Potential to Supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14

A Review of Sustainability Concepts in Marine Spatial Planning and the Potential to Supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14

Sustainable Development Goal 14 in the Western Indian Ocean: a socio-ecological approach to understanding progress

Sustaining Tribal Fisheries: U.S. Economic Relief Policies during COVID-19

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