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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
Countries (38), Periods (2000 - 2022), Data points (2434)
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
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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
Countries (1), Periods (2012 - 2022), Data points (58)
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
Countries (12), Periods (2018 - 2018), Data points (12)
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
Countries (54), Periods (2000 - 2022), Data points (985)
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[c]
14.6.1 Degree of implementation of international instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
Countries (28), Periods (2018 - 2022), Data points (43)
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
Countries (24), Periods (2011 - 2019), Data points (109)
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
Countries (6), Periods (2014 - 2022), Data points (10)
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
Countries (37), Periods (2018 - 2022), Data points (56)
14.c Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in the 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 Nation Convention on the Law of the Sea, for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources
Countries (6), Periods (2021 - 2023), Data points (12)
ECA SROs
Central Africa
Eastern Africa
North Africa
Southern Africa
West Africa
Regional Economic Communities
ECCAS
ECOWAS
IGAD
SADC
AMU
CEN-SAD
COMESA
EAC
Other groupings
Africa
B5
ECA countries of focus
Island economies
Land-locked countries
Land-locked LDCs
Least developed countries
Mineral-rich countries
Non-Oil LDCs
Non-Oil Producing
Oil LDCs
Oil producing economies
Sahel
Small Island states
Sub-Saharan Africa
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