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The UN declared the 2021–2030 as the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Ocean Decade). The Ocean Decade's vision is to "develop scientific knowledge, build infrastructure and foster relationships for a sustainable and healthy ocean." The Ocean Decade aims to achieve six societal outcomes: (1) A clean ocean, through identifying and removing sources of pollution; (2) A healthy and resilient ocean, with mapped and protected marine ecosystems; (3) A predicted ocean, enabling society to understand current and future ocean conditions; (4) A safe ocean, protecting people from ocean hazards; (5) A sustainably harvested ocean, providing food and resources for the blue economy; and (6) A transparent ocean, giving citizens equitable access to data, information and technologies. It also aims to provide concrete scientific support to coastal management, adaptation and restoration, marine spatial planning, marine protected areas, fisheries management, sustainable expansion of the blue economy, nationally determined contributions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), national ocean policies, development of national Research and Development (R&D), capacity development, and early warning systems.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	Ocean Decade, ecosystem modelling, climate change, ecosystem based management, sustainable development goals
Research Division:	Mathematical Sciences
Research Group:	Applied mathematics
Research Field:	Biological mathematics
Objective Division:	Environmental Management
Objective Group:	Marine systems and management
Objective Field:	Marine systems and management not elsewhere classified
UTAS Author:	Fulton, EA (Dr Elizabeth Fulton)
ID Code:	143231
Year Published:	2020
Web of Science® Times Cited:	21
Deposited By:	Ecology and Biodiversity
Deposited On:	2021-03-06
Last Modified:	2021-04-09
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