Fisheries, food security and our commitments on oceans and seas
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Fisheries, food security and our commitments on oceans and seas Árni M. Mathiesen Assistant-Director General Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 4 February 2014 Eighth session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals
Transcript of Fisheries, food security and our commitments on oceans and seas
Fisheries, food security and our commitments on oceans and seas
Árni M. Mathiesen Assistant-Director General
Fisheries and Aquaculture DepartmentFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
4 February 2014Eighth session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable
Development Goals
Global Commitments on oceans & seas
The last 30 years have seen 80 different commitments
• 2012 – Rio+20 Future we want (Rio di Janeiro)
• 2010 - Aichi Biodiversity Targets (Nagoya)
• 2002 – World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg)
• 2000 – Millenium Development Goals (New York)
“Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.”World Food Summit 1996
Still 840 million people suffer from hunger today.
“We need not only to commit, we need to act”
José Graziano de Silva, 20 January 2014,Abu Dhabi First Blue Economy Summit.
Fisheries and food security: production and use
World fish production; 17 % of global human animal protein consumption.
(million tonnes live weight)Per capita fish supply (kg)
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Capture for human consumption
Non-food uses
Per capita food fish supply
Employment & livelihoods in fisheries and aquacultureLivelihoods of 12% of world population
FAO’s strategic goals
ERADICATE HUNGER,
FOOD insecurity and
MALNUTRITIONELIMINATE RURAL POVERTY
THROUGH SOCIO-ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE
MANAGEMENT AND
UTILIZATION OF NATURAL
SOURCES
Challenges in fisheries and aquaculture
• Fisheries: Resource management - 30% overfishing, IUU,
subsidies. Economic and operational management. Post-harvest utilization.
• Aquaculture: Production increase-increasing population. Sustainable and environmental. Technical processes.
Challenges in fisheries and aquaculture
• Habitat destruction: Economic activities Climate change - new challenges for Small-island
Developing States (SIDS) Pollution, declining biodiversity, hypoxic areas,
invasive species, corals, mangroves and ocean acidification.
• Socio-economic: Equitability Trade Resource allocation
Blue Growth“The Sustainable Contribution, and Conservation, of Living
Renewable Resources in the Marine and Fresh Water Ecosystems as well as adjacent Coastal and Inland
Ecosystems, to Food and Nutrition Security and Poverty Alleviation.” Fisheries ;
SCIENCE, INCENTIVE, CAPACITY, POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE.
Sunken billions, IUU, subsidies.
Aquaculture; 50-100 million ton gap to be bridged until 2030. NON-FED,
LOW INPUT, MARINE. Bio-security. Feed.
Blue Growth“The Sustainable Contribution, and Conservation, of Living
Renewable Resources in the Marine and Fresh Water Ecosystems as well as adjacent Coastal and Inland
Ecosystems, to Food and Nutrition Security and Poverty Alleviation.”
Habitats; BETTER MANAGEMENT, (incl. MPAs, “no takes”, “new
values” for ecosystem services, carbon sequestration.) He who gains, pays.
Socio-economic; NON DISTORTIVE TRADE, EQUITABLE ALLOCATION.
Right to food, UNCLOS, RFMOs.
Busan International Fisheries ODA Symposium
Blue Globe Blue Growth Blue Goal
There are at least 840 million reasons for us to act…
Takk!Thank you !
Merci!Gracias!
Спасибо!谢谢شكرا! !
Obrigado!Matondi!
Terima kasih!Asante sana!Danke schön!
