strategy
Integrating biodiversity concerns into marine resource policies
Description:
The increasing pressure of human activities on marine and coastal environments stress the importance of integrating biodiversity concerns into marine resource policies, including fisheries, and into agreements on the protection of coastal and marine environment and on fisheries. Context:
The conservation and sustainable use of marine and coastal ecosystems is essential to maintain the livelihoods of fishermen and fishing communities. The integration of the [Convention on Biological Diversity] objectives within the fisheries policy sector requires action at three different levels: (a) the conservation and sustainable use of fish stocks, (b) the protection of non-target species from fishing activities; and (c) the prevention of impacts of aquaculture on different ecosystems. These different levels should also be considered in the context of fisheries agreements with third countries. Broader:
Establishing inclusive planning frameworkConserving global marine biological diversityDeveloping sustainable coastal fishing policyAdopting strategic frameworks to integrate environment and development goals Constrained by:
Abstaining from marine resource management Facilitates:
Promoting responsible fisheriesCreating synergies between biodiversity and other development strategies Facilitated by:
Assessing impact of fisheries on biodiversityUsing ecosystem approach for marine resource managementDeveloping databases on marine living resources Problems:
Erosion of marine biological diversityExclusion of biodiversity factors in development planning
Lack of integrated management of biodiversity
Lack of international coordination in biodiversity conservation
Lack of national action on biodiversity conservation
Lack of synergy between biodiversity and other development strategies
Subjects:
Health Care → ConcernAgriculture, Fisheries → Fisheries
Policy-making → Policy
Type Classification:
F: Exceptional strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
