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Goal 14: Life Below Water

Goal 1: No Poverty Goal 2: Zero Hunger Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being Goal 4: Quality Education Goal 5: Gender Equality Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy Goal 8: Decent Jobs and Economic Growth Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production Goal 13: Climate Action Goal 14: Life Below Water Goal 15: Life on Land Goal 16: Peace and Justice - Strong Institutions Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Targets

 

14.1    By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution

14.2    By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans

14.3    Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification, including through enhanced scientific cooperation at all levels

14.4    By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics

14.5    By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information

14.6    By 2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new such subsidies, recognizing that appropriate and effective special and differential treatment for developing and least developed countries should be an integral part of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiation3

14.7    By 2030, increase the economic benefits to small island developing States and least developed countries from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism

14.a    Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries

14.b    Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets

14.c    Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources, as recalled in paragraph 158 of “The future we want”

 

XLS National set of indicators for monitoring progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14

National set of indicators for monitoring progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14
Indicator ID Indicator name Source Unit of measure 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
14.7.U.167 Sustainable fisheries as a proportion of GDP UN Global database The indicator measure the value added of sustainable marine capture fisheries as a percentage of GDP. 0.01 . 0.01 . 0.01 - - -
14.b.U.168 Degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small-scale fisheries  UN Global database Degree of implementation of frameworks which recognize and protect access rights for small-scale fisheries, categorized into 5 bands - - - 4 - 4 - 5
14.1.E.169 Marine waters affected by eutrophication Eurostat Percentage % 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.03 0 0 0 0
14.1.U.170 Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends in the beach UN Global database Percentage % - - 56.25 83.23 69.94 83.15 65.93 -
14.1.U.171 Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends in the ocean UN Global database Percentage % - - 43.75 17.37 30.64 16.85 34.07 -
14.1.N.172 Share of marine habitats of conservation importance, assessed in a favourable nature conservation status, compared to all reported under Art. 17 of the Habitats Directive  Ministry of Environment and Water Percentage %         0      
14.1.N.173 Share of the species of conservation importance, assessed in a favourable conservation status, compared to all reported under Art. 17 of the Habitats Directive in the Black Sea maritime region of the country  Ministry of Environment and Water Percentage %         0      
14.0.E.174 Fishing fleet, total tonnage Eurostat Thousand tonnes 6.366 6.176 6.081 6.079 6.027 5.997 5.992 5.869
14.0.E.175.1 Bathing sites with excellent water quality: Eurostat                  
14.0.E.175.2 Bathing sites with excellent water quality - coastal Eurostat Percentage % 70.0 63.3 45.1 53.9 67.0 63.0 89.1 92.4
14.0.E.175.3 Bathing sites with excellent water quality - inland Eurostat Percentage % 100.0 100.0 25.0 25.0 0 100.0 100.0  
14.5.E.176 Surface of the marine protected areas Eurostat Percentage %   .     .   8.0#  
14.5.U.177 Average proportion of Marine Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by protected areas UN Global database Percentage % 99.65203 99.65203 99.65203 99.65203 99.65203 99.65203 99.65203 99.65203
14.a.U.178 National ocean science expenditure as a share of total research and development funding UN Global database Percentage % 0.04895 0.05712 0.06366 - - - - -

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Country:  Bulgaria

Source:  United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs