Aquaculture & Fisheries

Sustainable use of marine resources

Oceans, seas and coastal areas form an integrated and essential component of the Earth’s ecosystem and are critical to sustainable development. International law, as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources. This Focus Area on marine resources, oceans and seas integrates the three pillars of sustainable development and has also many interlink ages to the other Focus Areas. It can contribute to: food security and nutrition, climate change, sustainable consumption and production, energy, sustainable cities and human settlements, disaster risk reduction, sustainable agriculture, land desertification, forests, ecosystems and biodiversity, women’s empowerment, employment and sustainable tourism.