SDG 14 Basics
This is the main focus of SDG 14.
What is the conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas, and marine resources?
Over this percentage of ocean pollution originates from land-based sources.
What is 80%?
These are used to track the process of achieving the goals of SDG 14.
What are indicators?
Millions of people rely on the ocean for this primary food source.
Seafood
This word refers to massive datasets that can improve marine tracking and research.
What is big data?
The number of targets under SDG 14.
What is 10?
This gas is produced by oceans and makes up over half of the air we breathe.
What is oxygen?
This country uses remote sensing in the Great Barrier Reef for SDG 14 monitoring.
What is Australia?
What is a Marine Protected Area (MPA)?
A region of the ocean where human activity is limited to protect marine ecosystems.
Scientists use this tool, often flown in space, to study ocean temperatures.
What is a satellite?
By what year is the world aiming to significantly reduce marine pollution according to SDG 14?
2025
This greenhouse gas is absorbed by oceans, causing acidification.
What is carbon dioxide?
Indicator 14.1 tracks plastic and this kind of pollution in the ocean.
What is chemical pollution?
SDG 14 is strongly linked to this climate-focused SDG goal.
What is SDG 13 (Climate Action)?
This type of artificial environment helps coral reefs grow back.
What is an artificial reef?
These communities are especially dependent on oceans for their survival.
What are Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and/or coastal communities?
By 2050, it is estimated there will be more of this material in the ocean than fish.
What is plastic?
Indicator 14.6 checks if countries are fighting this kind of fishing.
What is illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing?
These two industries are major contributors to ocean-based economies.
What are fishing and tourism?
This material, made to break down, is being used instead of traditional plastic.
What is biodegradable plastic?
SDG 14 targets are intended to be SMART. What does SMART stand for?
What are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound?
These creatures threaten marine ecosystems by arriving through foreign water.
What are invasive species?
Indicator 14.7 looks at ocean jobs that support SDG 14 as part of this economy.
What is the Blue Economy?
This global phenomenon threatens coastal communities and ecosystems.
What is rising sea levels?
These floating stations collect ocean data like temperature and pH.
What are ocean buoys or sensors?