ISA Voluntary Commitments to Support Implementation of SDG14

1Enhancing the Role of Women in MSR#OceanAction15467
2SG’s Award for Excellence in Deep-Sea Research#OceanAction15796
3Deep-Sea Long Term Observatories#OceanAction17746
4Deep-Sea Taxonomic Atlases#OceanAction17776
5Abyssal Initiative For Blue Growth#OceanAction16538
6Supporting Africa’s Blue Economy#OceanAction16374
7Mapping Africa’s Deep-Sea Resources#OceanAction16494

ISA announced seven Voluntary Commitments to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the United Nations Ocean Conference held in New York in June 2017.

These Voluntary Commitments mainly aim to contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 14: conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

Voluntary Commitments pledged by ISA range from enhancing the role of women in marine scientific research to promoting the blue economy concept as a means of enabling African nations and Pacific small island developing States to benefit fully from the sustainable development of deep-seabed resources and increased participation in marine scientific research projects.

Click on any specific Voluntary Commitment above to learn more about the initiative and how ISA works with its partners to achieve shared objectives.