“Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development”
14.2 Supporting aquatic ecosystems through education
14.2.1 Fresh-water ecosystems (community outreach)
Offer educational programmes on fresh-water ecosystems (water irrigation practices, water management/conservation) for local or national communities
14.2.2 Sustainable fisheries (community outreach)
Offer educational programme or outreach for local or national communities on sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism
14.2.3 Overfishing (community outreach)
Offer educational outreach activities for local or national communities to raise awareness about overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices
14.3 Supporting aquatic ecosystems through action
14.3.1 Conservation and sustainable utilisation of the oceans (events)
Support or organise events aimed to promote conservation and sustainable utilisation of the oceans, seas, lakes, rivers and marine resources
14.3.2 Food from aquatic ecosystems (policies)
Have a policy to ensure that food on campus that comes from aquatic ecosystems is sustainably harvested
14.3.3 Maintain ecosystems and their biodiversity (direct work)
Work directly (research and/or engagement with industries) to maintain and extend existing ecosystems and their biodiversity, of both plants and animals, especially ecosystems under threat
14.3.4 Technologies towards aquatic ecosystem damage prevention (direct work)
Work directly (research and/or engagement with industries) on technologies or practices that enable marine industry to minimise or prevent damage to aquatic ecosystems
14.4 Water sensitive waste disposal
14.4.1 Water discharge guidelines and standards
Have water quality standards and guidelines for water discharges (to uphold water quality in order to protect ecosystems, wildlife, and human health and welfare)
14.4.2 Action plan to reducing plastic waste
Have an action plan in place to reduce plastic waste on campus
14.4.3 Reducing marine pollution (policy)
Have a policy on preventing and reducing marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities
14.5 Maintaining a local ecosystem
14.5.1 Minimizing alteration of aquatic ecosystems (plan)
Have a plan to minimise physical, chemical and biological alterations of related aquatic ecosystems
14.5.2 Monitoring the health of aquatic ecosystems
Monitor the health of aquatic ecosystems
14.5.3 Programs towards good aquatic stewardship practices
Develop and support programmes and incentives that encourage and maintain good aquatic stewardship practices
14.5.4 Collaboration for shared aquatic ecosystems
Collaborate with the local community in efforts to maintain shared aquatic ecosystems
14.5.5 Watershed management strategy
Have implemented a watershed management strategy based on location specific diversity of aquatic species