Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
The world’s oceans – their temperature, chemistry, currents and life – drive global systems that make the Earth habitable for humankind. Our rainwater, drinking water, weather, climate, coastlines, much of our food, and even the oxygen in the air we breathe, are all ultimately provided and regulated by the sea. Throughout history, oceans and seas have been vital conduits for trade and transportation.
Careful management of this essential global resource is a key feature of a sustainable future. However, at the current time, there is a continuous deterioration of coastal waters owing to pollution and ocean acidification is having an adversarial effect on the functioning of ecosystems and biodiversity. This is also negatively impacting small scale fisheries.
Marine protected areas need to be effectively managed and well-resourced and regulations need to be put in place to reduce overfishing, marine pollution and ocean acidification.
Name | Acronym | Founded | City HQ | Country/Territory HQ | Type I | Type II |
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World Network of Indigenous Peoples and Local Community Land and Sea Managers |
WIN | 2012 | New York NY | USA | E | |
World Ocean Council |
WOC | 2008 | Honolulu HI | USA | F | |
World Ocean Network |
WON | 1999 | Boulogne-sur-Mer | France | C | |
World Organization of the Scout Movement |
WOSM | 1907 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | B | |
World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies |
WOCAT | 1992 | Bern | Switzerland | K | |
World Oyster Society |
WOS | 2005 | C | |||
World Pheasant Association |
WPA | 1975 | Hexham | UK | E | v |
World Seabird Union |
WSU | 2010 | Clemson SC | USA | C | y |
World Ship Society |
WSS | 1947 | Mitcham | UK | F | |
World Sturgeon Conservation Society |
WSCS | 2003 | Neu Wulmstorf | Germany | D | |
World Trade Organization |
WTO | 1995 | Geneva | Switzerland | B | gt |
World Urban Parks |
2015 | Edmonton AB | Canada | C | ||
World Wide Fund for Nature |
WWF | 1961 | Gland | Switzerland | F | f |
World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls |
WWGBP | 1970 | E | |||
Worldchanging |
Seattle WA | USA | N | |||
WorldFish |
1975 | Bayan Lepas | Malaysia | E | ||
WorldLoop |
2011 | Brussels | Belgium | G | ||
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy |
1991 | Wuppertal | Germany | G | j | |
Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation |
1971 | Portland OR | USA | G | ||
Yes to Life, No to Mining |
YLNM | 2012 | F | |||
YES! |
1990 | Berkeley CA | USA | N | ||
Young Friends of the Earth Europe |
Young FoEE | Brussels | Belgium | E | ||
Youth and Environment Europe |
YEE | 1983 | Prague | Czech Rep | E | |
Yves Rocher Foundation |
1991 | Issy-les-Moulineaux | France | G | f | |
Zebrafish International Resource Center |
ZIRC | Eugene OR | USA | N | ||
Zoï Environment Network |
Geneva | Switzerland | G |