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PEMSEA and the Sustainable Development Goals

PUBLICATION DATE:

Monday, July 18, 2016

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Brochures and Infographics

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Since 2003, the Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East Asia (SDS-SEA) has served as a platform for cooperation and coordinated action among country and non-country partners and collaborators within the framework of PEMSEA, or Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia. PEMSEA is an international organization specializing in integrated coastal and ocean governance of the Seas of East Asia. It is a partnership arrangement comprised of 11 country and 20 non-country partners with a collective commitment to implement the SDS-SEA.

PEMSEA's main goal is the pursuit of the sustainable development of coasts and oceans through integrated management solutions. The solutions PEMSEA adopts recognize ecosystem health and resiliency and social well-being as integral parts of economic progress. Our vision is HOPE—Healthy Oceans, People and Economies. The Partner Countries strive to attain the SDS-SEA objectives and targets by improving coastal and ocean governance at the local, national and regional levels, scaling up ICM program coverage of the region's coastline, and boosting investments in blue economy.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by the UN in September 2015, provide 17 Goals and 169 targets to guide actions globally in key areas where government, the private sector and citizens will have to invest in order to transform economies and prosper within the social and ecological boundaries of the planet. There are a number of obvious synergies between the SDGs and the implementation of the SDS-SEA, in particular SDG 14: Life Below Water, SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG13: Climate Actions, and SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals.

There are challenges to achieving the SDGs and full implementation of the SDS-SEA. But PEMSEA Partners are fully determined and committed to overcome these challenges and ultimately to contribute to targets set forth by the SDGs through individual and combined actions aligned with the SDS-SEA.