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IMPLEMENTING SDG 14: TAKEAWAYS FROM THE OCEAN CONFERENCE
The high-level United Nations (UN) conference to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14) was held at UN Headquarters, New York from 5 to 9 June 2017. The event was specially convened to build international…

IMO DECISIONS TO ENHANCE THE BLUE ECONOMY
The 70th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) was held from 24-28 October 2016, at International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Headquarters in London. The meeting adopted key decisions which are likely to have a long-lasting…

DELIVERING ON THE PROMISE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 14 FOR OCEANS
193 countries of the world unanimously adopted the 2030 agenda for sustainable development in the form of 17 indivisible Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September 2015. These goals which succeeded the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)…

DEVELOPING ‘SOFTWARE’ FOR BLUE ECONOMY
India has announced that its march towards developing the blue economy has begun and “India is on the brink of a blue revolution”. The Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways has stated that the government…

SIX STEPS TO COMBATTING IUU FISHING
The 2014 Global Ocean Commission report From Decline to Recovery: A Rescue Package for the Global Ocean has likened the high seas to a ‘failed State’ where ‘lawlessness verging on anarchy’…