Abstract
The ocean, marine and coastal ecosystems are vital to life on Earth, and thus achieving the Sustainable Development Goals without the services they provide is going to be significantly more challenging, if not impossible. Marine ecosystem services include seafood, genetic material, coastal protection, carbon sequestration, biodiversity, recreation and other cultural services. These services support many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Although SDG
14 – conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development – focuses specifically on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services contribute directly to the achievement of many of the
other SDGs. In this chapter, we examine how key SDGs are supported by marine ecosystem services.
14 – conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development – focuses specifically on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services contribute directly to the achievement of many of the
other SDGs. In this chapter, we examine how key SDGs are supported by marine ecosystem services.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Ocean and Us |
| Subtitle of host publication | How healthy marine and coastal ecosystems support the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals |
| Place of Publication | Arendal, Norway |
| Publisher | GRID-Arendal |
| Chapter | 2 |
| Pages | 16-29 |
| Publication status | Print publication - 2015 |
