Ocean protection, Portugal and an action plan for the “30×30” target | Opinion
ONE United Nations Ocean Conference is finally at the door. More than two years after the DS planned data, the world will meet United object in Lisbon, from June 27 to July 1, to start writing a new chapter of the Sustainable Development chapter (The United Nations world) 14 of the 2030 Agenda: the conservation and sustainable use of the ocean, mares and marine resources.
One of the goals of the Ocean Conference is to assess progress on the ten goals SDGs 14 Specify implementation of solutions2 and less specific1 to achieve implementation, to less than 10% of coastal zones and 2020. 8% of marine areas worldwide are covered by some type of protection measure. There is no need to create just the ocean, as we recognize the need to continue the protection of the ocean, as we further give life from the continued protection to this protection.
Nations under the Convention also have ongoing new 2020 asological from the World Organization for Biological Diversity (DB). Most contracting parties are less supportive of the “30×30” target, to ensure conservation of 30% of eligible oceans by 2030. biodiversitythat must be included in networks of protected areas ecologically representative and managed effectively and equitably. Reconciling the CBD’s “30×30” target and the ocean’s SDG target 14.5 will enable a concerted approach to ocean protection and increase the likelihood of its success.
Achieving 30% of ocean protection by 2030, that is, more than tripling the area currently protected, in just over seven years, will undoubtedly be a huge challenge. But not enough!
More importantly – and even more challenging – it will be ensured that you are protecting management and management effectively as more efficient or more efficient areas. The magnitude of the challenge increases in the face of our enormous lack of knowledge about the ocean, of which more than 80% remains unexplored or undiscovered. For all these reasons, the development and implementation of a global action plan and corresponding national plans to achieve the “30×30” target are crucial.
Portugal has the ability to lead the global agenda for the protection and sustainable governance of the ocean. In line with global progress, around 8% of the Portuguese sea currently has some type of protection, including the largest marine area of total protection in the North Atlantic, around the Selvagens Islands, in Madeira. There are also several initiatives underway, many with the support of civil society, to increase this coverage of protected areas. And there is still a lot of research and work on the assessment of the national ecosystem of marine protected areas and the importance of designing and implementing the respective management and monitoring plans, for example, within the framework of the Marine Areas working group protected.
Portugal thus has all its nationals to be able to develop and implement, in a specific process of participation, its own action plan for the 300th goal, which could inspire and stimulate other similar initiatives in other maritime nations. The Ocean Conference could be the stage for the launch of this proposal and Portugal a main actor, asserting itself once again as a global leader in the sustainable governance of the ocean.