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Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

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43% of the world’s fishing resources are overexploited, 83.3% in Italy

Ocean acidity has increased by 26% compared to the pre-industrial era

Discover the targets

Though the 2030 Agenda is broad and interdependent, two years after its adoption, the SDGs were made more actionable: specific targets were identified for each goal, along with indicators used to measure their progress.
The targets specify either circumstances to be attained or means of implementation, to be achieved between 2020 and 2030.

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Discover the targets

Though the 2030 Agenda is broad and interdependent, two years after its adoption, the SDGs were made more actionable: specific targets were identified for each goal, along with indicators used to measure their progress.
The targets specify either circumstances to be attained or means of implementation, to be achieved between 2020 and 2030.

Click each target to find out more

  • prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds
  • sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts
  • Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification
  • effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices
  • conserve at least 10% of coastal and marine areas
  • END SUBSIDIES CONTRIBUTING TO OVERFISHING
  • INCREASE THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS FROM SUSTAINABLE USE OF MARINE RESOURCES
  • INCREASE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY FOR OCEAN HEALTH
  • SUPPORT SMALL SCALE FISHERS
  • IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE INTERNATIONAL SEA LAW

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