strategy
Preserving coastal biodiversity
Context:
In marine and coastal environments, direct causes of biodiversity loss include: over-exploitation of living marine resources, pollution, introduction of alien species, and habitat destruction and degradation, among others. More indirect (underlying) causes include: policies and programs of international financial institutions, economic and other incentive and dis-incentive systems, land and sea tenure and access arrangements, and the undervaluing of biodiversity.
Implementation:
Most of the world's governments gathered in Jakarta, Indonesia in November 1995 for the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-2) to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The meeting marked the first time the international community addressed in a comprehensive way the urgent, global problem of marine and coastal biodiversity loss. The decisions taken on this topic were referred to collectively in the Ministerial Statement issued at COP-2 as the Jakarta Mandate on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity (Jakarta Mandate).
Facilitated by:
Establishing marine conservation zonesEnsuring sustainable development of coastal zones Problems:
Erosion of coastal biological resourcesLack of integrated marine resource management
Threatened marine coastal habitats
Unsustainable development of coastal zones
Subjects:
Conservation → Conservation Geology → Land and coastal forms
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
