CORAL REEFS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

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1 Hazel Thornton, Programme Officer in the Marine Programme UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre 7 9 DECEMBER - INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE GENERAL MEETING - NAIROBI, KENYA

2 UN ENVIRONMENT WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE STRATEGY To provide decision makers with information about biodiversity and ecosystem services CENTRE THEME Intergovernmental agreements, Sustainable development, Area-based planning, Sustainable wildlife, Healthy ocean, Private sector PRIORITY ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE GENERAL MEETING - NAIROBI, KENYA

3 @UNEPWCMC 1. Effective ecosystem based management tools 2. Global access to, and use of, ocean and coastal biodiversity information 3. Uptake of ocean literacy and citizenbehaviour change 4. Lead cutting edge development activities INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE GENERAL MEETING - NAIROBI, KENYA

4 Formulating coral reef measures & action plans in the context of the 2030 development agenda ICRI Action Plan Theme 2: Meet international requirements regarding coral reefs Goal 2.1 Implement the resolution on the sustainable management of coral reefs adopted at the 2nd session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (May 2016) Goal 2.2 Help to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), in particular those relating to Goal 14 ( Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources ) INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE GENERAL MEETING - NAIROBI, KENYA

5 Provision of high-level guidance Identification of complex linkages between coral reef ecosystems and Sustainable Development Goals Importance of coral reef ecosystem services to the 2030 Development Agenda State of coral reefs as an indicator for Sustainable Development Goals INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE GENERAL MEETING - NAIROBI, KENYA

6 Formulating coral reef measures & action plans in the context of the 2030 development agenda INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE GENERAL MEETING - NAIROBI, KENYA

7 Formulating coral reef measures & action plans in the context of the 2030 development agenda Stockholm Resilience Centre INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE GENERAL MEETING - NAIROBI, KENYA

8 Analysis methodology Identification of ecosystem services Alignment with 17 goals & 169 targets Identification of management measures to support achievement of Sustainable Development Goals 4 case studies to assist delivery of Sustainable Development Goals INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE GENERAL MEETING, NAIROBI

9 Analysis methodology Ecosystem services identified INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE GENERAL MEETING, NAIROBI

10 Analysis methodology Ecosystem services identified INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE GENERAL MEETING, NAIROBI

11 Analysis methodology Ecosystem services identified 34 INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE GENERAL MEETING, NAIROBI

12 Analysis methodology Provisioning Nutrition from biomass (fisheries, aquaculture) Materials from biomass (pharmaceutical products, agar, manure, aquarium trade) Abiotic materials (minerals, aggregates, building materials) Non-renewable energy (oil and gas deposits) INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE GENERAL MEETING, NAIROBI

13 Analysis methodology Regulation and maintenance Mediation of waste, toxics and other nuisances by biota, ecosystems, natural and chemical processes (bio-remediation of oil spills by coral reef bacteria; ingestion of microplastics by corals, filtration, sequestration, accumulation, dilution, mediation of smell/noise/visual impacts) Mediation of mass flows (erosion protection of coasts and sediments; transport and storage of sediments) Mediation of liquid flows (coastal flood protection) Mediation of flows by natural abiotic structures (shoreline protection) INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE GENERAL MEETING, NAIROBI

14 Analysis methodology Regulation and maintenance Maintenance of physical, chemical and abiotic conditions by natural chemical and physical processes (shoreline protection) Life cycle maintenance, habitat and gene pool protection (maintaining nursery populations and habitats) Soil formation and composition (decomposition and fixing processes) Maintenance of water conditions (chemical condition of salt waters) Atmospheric composition and climate regulation (global climate regulation by reduction of greenhouse gas concentrations through absorption) INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE GENERAL MEETING, NAIROBI

15 Analysis methodology Cultural Physical and experiential interactions with biota, ecosystems and seascape (diving, snorkelling, sport fishing, caves) Intellectual and representative interactions with biota, ecosystems and seascape (scientific, educational, heritage, cultural, entertainment, aesthetic) Spiritual and emblematic (symbolic, sacred, religious) Other cultural outputs (existence, bequest) INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE GENERAL MEETING, NAIROBI

16 Analysis methodology 79 Pathways of coral reef ecosystem services directly contributing to. 10 Sustainable Development Goals 25 Sustainable Development Goal targets

17 UNEP-WCMC, IMPAC4 WORKSHOP

18 UNEP-WCMC, IMPAC4 WORKSHOP

19 UNEP-WCMC, IMPAC4 WORKSHOP

20 CORAL REEFS AND SOCIETY UNEP-WCMC, IMPAC4 WORKSHOP

21 CORAL REEFS AND SOCIETY Coral reefs and society UNEP-WCMC, IMPAC4 WORKSHOP

22 Four two page brochures

23 Four two page brochures Case studies of management measures Direct and indirect linkages to Sustainable Development Goals

24 Four two page brochures Case studies of management measures Direct and indirect linkages to Sustainable Development Goals Scientific literature and expertise, including 2 day workshop in Cambridge, UK (26-27 September, 2017)

25 CORAL REEFS AND SOCIETY UNEP-WCMC, IMPAC4 WORKSHOP

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30 Released during International Year of the Reef 2018

31 Formulating coral reef measures & action plans in the context of the 2030 development agenda ICRI Action Plan Theme 2: Meet international requirements regarding coral reefs Goal 2.1 Implement the resolution on the sustainable management of coral reefs adopted at the 2nd session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (May 2016) Goal 2.2 Help to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), in particular those relating to Goal 14 ( Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources ) INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE GENERAL MEETING - NAIROBI, KENYA

32 Hazel Thornton, Programme Officer in the Marine Programme UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre 7 9 DECEMBER - INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF INITIATIVE GENERAL MEETING - NAIROBI, KENYA