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New York 5 June 2017 - Mr. Jonathan Taylor from the European Investment Bank speaking during the event: Financing for the ‘Blue Economy’ and sustainable development in Small Island Development States; and protecting coastal ecosystems". UNDP side event was represented by Magdy Martínez-Solimán is Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, and UNDP’s Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support. The Oceans Conference (5-9 June at UNHQ). © UNDP / Freya Morales
New York 5 June 2017 - Mr. John Virdin from The Duke University during the event: Financing for the ‘Blue Economy’ and sustainable development in Small Island Development States; and protecting coastal ecosystems". UNDP side event was represented by Magdy Martínez-Solimán is Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, and UNDP’s Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support. The Oceans Conference (5-9 June at UNHQ). © UNDP / Freya Morales
New York 5 June 2017 - Postcard from one of the organizations participating at the event: Financing for the ‘Blue Economy’ and sustainable development in Small Island Development States; and protecting coastal ecosystems". UNDP side event was represented by Magdy Martínez-Solimán is Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, and UNDP’s Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support. The Oceans Conference (5-9 June at UNHQ). © UNDP / Freya Morales
New York 5 June 2017 - Financing for the ‘Blue Economy’ and sustainable development in Small Island Development States; and protecting coastal ecosystems". UNDP side event was represented by Magdy Martínez-Solimán is Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, and UNDP’s Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support. The Oceans Conference (5-9 June at UNHQ). © UNDP / Freya Morales
New York 5 June 2017 - Ms. Meg Caldwell, the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, speaking during the event: Financing for the ‘Blue Economy’ and sustainable development in Small Island Development States; and protecting coastal ecosystems". UNDP side event was represented by Magdy Martínez-Solimán is Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, and UNDP’s Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support. The Oceans Conference (5-9 June at UNHQ). © UNDP / Freya Morales
New York 5 June 2017 - Magdy Martínez-Solimán is Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, and UNDP’s Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, speaking during the event: Financing for the ‘Blue Economy’ and sustainable development in Small Island Development States; and protecting coastal ecosystems". UNDP side event was represented by Magdy Martínez-Solimán is Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, and UNDP’s Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support. The Oceans Conference (5-9 June at UNHQ). © UNDP / Freya Morales
These are carp swarming to food pellets right off of a dock at Lake Gaston in North Carolina. This demonstrates the United Nation's sustainable development goal number 14, life below water. We as humans must protect the resources that live in lakes, rivers, and oceans throughout the world. There was a dispenser on the dock where you can put a quarter in the machine and it dispenses a handful of grain pellets for the fish. The fish are accustomed to going to this dock everyday, even if there aren't people there. This can be examined many different ways. For one, the fish may become dependent and never search for food on their own and this could be detrimental for their survival and individual fitness. Or, it can be seen as the fish always having a sustainable food source and humans would then be supporting one aspect of life below water. The bigger picture to be analyzed is the actions that we as humans have on water dwelling organisms and whether or not we are working in the right direction to supporting their ecosystems.
UN SDG 14: Life Below Water
I took this video on 9/2/2020 about 200 yards behind my house. It amazes me to see the abundance of life in the small creek behind my house. Even though it is only a few feet wide and a few inches deep in most areas, I have seen small shrimp/prawn (in video), brook trout, different minnows, dragonfly nymphs, and so much more other wildlife in it. I love having something so small and full of wildlife on my property, and I want to protect it. Water is our most important resource and not just for drinking. The smallest of creeks eventually lead to the ocean, and we need to ensure that we keep them clean do not disturb the hydrology so the the life in the waters can continue to amaze us and future generations.
New York 5 June 2017 - Stromng media presence at the event: Financing for the ‘Blue Economy’ and sustainable development in Small Island Development States; and protecting coastal ecosystems". UNDP side event was represented by Magdy Martínez-Solimán is Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, and UNDP’s Assistant Administrator and Director of the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support. The Oceans Conference (5-9 June at UNHQ). © UNDP / Freya Morales
New York, 6 June 2017 - Johannes Oljelund (L), Director General for International Development stands with Magdy Martinez-Soliman (R), Assistant Secretary-General, Director of Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDP Cooperation, SwedenOfficial Opening of UNDP-GEF photo exhibition “Waves of Action: Save our Ocean” - Celebrating the Ocean and community efforts in the UNHQ hall. © UNDP / Freya Morales
SDG 14 - Life Below Water
“I’d choose to protect rivers and oceans. Because there’s dirty water everywhere. Then when they get the fish out of the water maybe the fish will not taste good, or maybe they will all be gone! And then how do we eat?”
Puerto Princesa, The Philippines
© UN SDG Action Campaign
New York, 6 June 2017 - Ms. Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Official Opening of UNDP-GEF photo exhibition “Waves of Action: Save our Ocean” - Celebrating the Ocean and community efforts in the UNHQ hall. © UNDP / Freya Morales
New York, 6 June 2017 - Ms. Sylvia Earle, is a National Geographic Explorer in Residence. Sylvia Earle has been deeper undersea than any other woman. Earle is an oceanographer, explorer, author, lecturer, field scientist, and an inspiration to women around the world. Official Opening of UNDP-GEF photo exhibition “Waves of Action: Save our Ocean” - Celebrating the Ocean and community efforts in the UNHQ hall. © UNDP / Freya Morales
International Conference on Blue Growth and Economy in S. Vicente Island, Cabo Verde. ©FAO/Antonio Palazuelos
New York, 6 June 2017 - Ms. Sylvia Earle, is a National Geographic Explorer in Residence. Sylvia Earle has been deeper undersea than any other woman. Earle is an oceanographer, explorer, author, lecturer, field scientist, and an inspiration to women around the world. Official Opening of UNDP-GEF photo exhibition “Waves of Action: Save our Ocean” - Celebrating the Ocean and community efforts in the UNHQ hall. © UNDP / Freya Morales
New York, 6 June 2017 - Official Opening of UNDP-GEF photo exhibition “Waves of Action: Save our Ocean” - Celebrating the Ocean and community efforts in the UNHQ hall. © UNDP / Freya Morales
The UN SDG concept I am discussing is life below water. I visited a hatchery and I got to see many different types of fishes and other organisms. This place helped me learn the roles these fish have in their ecosystem and how they are taken care of. This hatchery was about 2 hours away from me, it is located in VA. This video was taken a couple of weeks ago with a few friends. The place had so many fish tanks that vary in sizes. In this video, we were feeding the trouts.
Cigarette filters, like those seen in the photo taken in Delaware, OH over Thanksgiving break, are the leading marine pollutant. They not only are found everywhere, but not many places offer alternative disposal, as to not encourage people to smoke in public areas. Though that is useful for personal human health, it does leave little option for people to throw the filters at the end. Therefore, filters are left to sit on the sidewalks, streets, and grass. This is detrimental, since it takes up to 10 years for them to decompose.
But how does this relate to marine system? Well, if they aren't able to decompose quickly, they often runoff into drains or lakes or take other routes to the ocean. From there, marine life mistake the filters for food, in which they are unable to digest and eventually die. Pollution on this scale ruins traditional food webs and population dynamics. Due to the sheer size and quantity of these pollutants, they are very difficult to manage.
However, UN Sustainability Goal 14 relating to life under water, in particular, focusing on preventing and reducing the amount of waste that ends up in the oceans.This goal plays a key role in spreading awareness and actively aims to stop pollution from its core, while also acknowledging the current state of polluted marine systems. It provides initiative and a tangible goal that can be done anywhere in the world.
“Life Under Water” United Nations, United Nations, www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/oceans/
New York, 6 June 2017 - Ms. Francine Cousteau stands with Mr. Nik Sekharan (R), Chief Of Profession, HQ/BPPS during the official Opening of UNDP-GEF photo exhibition “Waves of Action: Save our Ocean” - Celebrating the Ocean and community efforts in the UNHQ hall. © UNDP / Freya Morales.
New York, 6 June 2017 - Official Opening of UNDP-GEF photo exhibition “Waves of Action: Save our Ocean” - Celebrating the Ocean and community efforts in the UNHQ hall. © UNDP / Freya Morales
New York, 6 June 2017 - Mr. Johannes Oljelund, Director General for International Development Cooperation, Sweden. Official Opening of UNDP-GEF photo exhibition “Waves of Action: Save our Ocean” - Celebrating the Ocean and community efforts in the UNHQ hall. © UNDP / Freya Morales
International Conference on Blue Growth and Economy in S. Vicente Island, Cabo Verde. ©FAO/Antonio Palazuelos
New York, 6 June 2017 - Ms. Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Official Opening of UNDP-GEF photo exhibition “Waves of Action: Save our Ocean” - Celebrating the Ocean and community efforts in the UNHQ hall. © UNDP / Freya Morales
New York, 6 June 2017 - Mr. Johannes Oljelund, Director General for International Development Cooperation, Sweden. Official Opening of UNDP-GEF photo exhibition “Waves of Action: Save our Ocean” - Celebrating the Ocean and community efforts in the UNHQ hall. © UNDP / Freya Morales
New York, 6 June 2017 - Mr. H.E Peter Thomson, President, United Nations General Assembly. Official Opening of UNDP-GEF photo exhibition “Waves of Action: Save our Ocean” - Celebrating the Ocean and community efforts in the UNHQ hall. © UNDP / Freya Morales
New York, 6 June 2017 - Official Opening of UNDP-GEF photo exhibition “Waves of Action: Save our Ocean” - Celebrating the Ocean and community efforts in the UNHQ hall. © UNDP / Freya Morales
New York, 6 June 2017 - Official Opening of UNDP-GEF photo exhibition “Waves of Action: Save our Ocean” - Celebrating the Ocean and community efforts in the UNHQ hall. © UNDP / Freya Morales
Free diving world champion Umberto Pelizzari, raised a flag to represent Goal 14, Life Below Water, off the coast of Formentera, to support the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development. Credit: Enric Sala
New York, 6 June 2017 - Official Opening of UNDP-GEF photo exhibition “Waves of Action: Save our Ocean” - Celebrating the Ocean and community efforts in the UNHQ hall. © UNDP / Freya Morales
This photo was taken on September 17th, 2021, at 11:58 AM next to the Pyon-Chen Hall on the north campus portion of the University of Maryland, College Park!
This picture shows a new rain garden that was constructed right next to a new dorm building on campus, the Pyon-Chen Hall. As such, this new construction likely relates to U.N Sustainable Development Goal 6, "Clean Water and Sanitation"! The ground surrounding the garden has been sloped down purposefully to funnel precipitation into the garden rather than allowing the water to eventually meet an impervious surface. This then allows the precipitation to be absorbed by the soil where it will be either stored on the soil particles, further absorbed into the plants of the garden via transpiration, or removed from the system via groundwater flow. As a result, it increases the likelihood of precipitation being removed from the system as green water rather than blue water.
Had the rain garden not been built, that excess water in the picture, that was not able to be absorbed by the soil, likely would have rolled off the grass, and met an impervious surface. The water would then have flowed down the impervious surface and would have left the system as blue water, picking up any excess nutrients or contaminants on the way. Eventually that runoff would meet a body of water like the Chesapeake Bay where it would decrease the health and sanitation of that source of water. Excess nutrients, like Nitrogen and Phosphorus, picked up by stormwater runoff can cause algal blooms in bodies of water, which then decrease the amount of dissolved oxygen and light transmission available to other organisms, and cause giant dead zones where it is very difficulty for any aquatic life to survive. For this reason, this picture also relates to Sustainable Development Goal 14, "Life Below Water," along with SDG goal 3 "Clean Water and Sanitation."
New York, 6 June 2017 - Official Opening of UNDP-GEF photo exhibition “Waves of Action: Save our Ocean” - Celebrating the Ocean and community efforts in the UNHQ hall. © UNDP / Freya Morales
New York, 6 June 2017 - Official Opening of UNDP-GEF photo exhibition “Waves of Action: Save our Ocean” - Celebrating the Ocean and community efforts in the UNHQ hall. © UNDP / Freya Morales
This photo was taken at the shoreline of the newly built Gov. Mario Cuomo bridge. which crosses the vast ecologically rich Hudson River in Westchester, NY. This picture harbors many ecological processes and exemplifies the SDG #14 of life below water for many reasons. The meaning behind this sustainable development goal is to remind humans that the bodies of water that surround our living spaces are just as important, if not more, than the land we are living on. In order for an ecosystem to flourish and be able to sustain life, there are multiple levels of working together. The SDG connects by seeing that the water color of the river now, compared to years ago is a sign of a much cleaner environment. The river used to be a dumping ground for many waste products due to the immense amount of factories that lined the shores. Years later this cleanup effort has provided a place for wildlife as small as algae all the way up to whales to have a safe place to thrive. Another important ecological factor to note in this picture is what is not present and how it indicates a healthy ecosystem. The fact that there is not an intense amount of algal growth present indicates that the level of nutrients running off into the river is being sustainably managed so the level of dissolved oxygen can remain at an elevated level in order to sustain a flourishing environment for aquatic life.
International Conference on Blue Growth and Economy in S. Vicente Island, Cabo Verde. ©FAO/Antonio Palazuelos
International Conference on Blue Growth and Economy in S. Vicente Island, Cabo Verde. ©FAO/Antonio Palazuelos
Participants of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Youth Panel Dialogue pose for a selfie with Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General (centre in red), at United Nations ESCAP Conference Centre, in Bangkok, Thailand. March 28, 2022.
New York, 6 June 2017 - Official Opening of UNDP-GEF photo exhibition “Waves of Action: Save our Ocean” - Celebrating the Ocean and community efforts in the UNHQ hall. © UNDP / Freya Morales
New York, 6 June 2017 - Official Opening of UNDP-GEF photo exhibition “Waves of Action: Save our Ocean” - Celebrating the Ocean and community efforts in the UNHQ hall. © UNDP / Freya Morales
International Conference on Blue Growth and Economy in S. Vicente Island, Cabo Verde. ©FAO/Antonio Palazuelos
International Conference on Blue Growth and Economy in S. Vicente Island, Cabo Verde. ©FAO/Antonio Palazuelos
International Conference on Blue Growth and Economy in S. Vicente Island, Cabo Verde. ©FAO/Antonio Palazuelos
International Conference on Blue Growth and Economy in S. Vicente Island, Cabo Verde. ©FAO/Antonio Palazuelos
International Conference on Blue Growth and Economy in S. Vicente Island, Cabo Verde. ©FAO/Antonio Palazuelos
New York, 6 June 2017 - Sculptures made Official Opening of UNDP-GEF photo exhibition “Waves of Action: Save our Ocean” - Celebrating the Ocean and community efforts in the UNHQ hall. © UNDP / Freya Morales
This is a photograph of Wildcat Marsh at sunset. This marshland is part of the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area that spans the Virginian portion of Assateague Island and some surrounding areas. Salt marshes such as this are located to the west of the barrier islands. They are flooded regularly, due to the tide. This causes them to have a very unique ecology, synchronized with tidal patterns. Salt marshes are home to countless aquatic species, and play a huge role in the aquatic food web. Fish and shrimp come into salt marshes, looking for food or a place to lay their eggs—away from the dangers of the ocean. Crabs and shellfish use the plants that grow in salt marshes for shelter. This connects to the U.N. SDG of Life Below Water. According to the United Nations, the ocean represents 99% of the living space on planet Earth—and 40% of that space is “heavily affected by pollution, depleted fisheries, loss of coastal habitats and other human activities.” Saltwater marshes such as that pictured are at risk of being destroyed by agricultural land use and eutrophication. The destruction of aquatic biodiversity is a tragedy that cannot be quantified. When a species is lost, a piece of natural history disappears forever—never to be recovered. But it also has a massive practical impact on everyday people. More than 3 billion people rely on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods. Coastal and aquatic industry accounts for 5% of global GDP. The destruction of aquatic habitat is an issue of grave concern. Luckily, Wildcat Marsh is on protected land, and can act as a safe haven for shellfish, crabs, fish, and shrimp. But countless habitats like it are not protected. We can protect life beneath the water by minimizing pollution and preventing trash from traveling to the ocean. By divesting from the oil industry, we can prevent the massive destruction caused by oil spills and climate change. Additionally, agricultural runoff needs to be regulated, to prevent eutrophication. Finally, more coastal land should be protected in sanctuaries.