strategy
Maintaining biodiversity of marine species
Synonyms:
Conserving marine species Context:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Claim:
Coastal states, with the support of international organizations, upon request, should undertake measures to maintain biological diversity and productivity of marine species and habitats under national jurisdiction. [Inter alia], these measures might include: surveys of marine biodiversity, inventories of endangered species and critical coastal and marine habitats; establishment and management of protected areas; and support of scientific research and dissemination of its results. Facilitated by:
Using oceans sustainably Problems:
Threatened species of AnnelidaThreatened species of Arthropods
Threatened species of Brachiopoda
Threatened species of Bryozoa
Threatened species of Chaetognatha
Threatened species of Coelenterates
Threatened species of Ctenophora
Threatened species of Echinodermata
Threatened species of Hemichordata
Threatened species of Nemertinea
Threatened species of Phoronida
Threatened species of Platyhelminthes
Threatened species of Porifera
Threatened species of Sipuncula
Organizations:
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources International Committee for Marine Conservation Global Plan of Action for the Conservation, Management and Utilization of Marine Mammals International Marine Mammal Protection and Conservation Convention on fisheries and the conservation of living marine resources in the Black Sea Ocean Conservancy, Washington DC Asian Marine Conservation Association Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources Protocol for the conservation and management of protected marine and coastal areas of the Southeast Pacific Subjects:
Oceanography → MarineBiosciences → Evolution and species
Amenities → Maintenance
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
