Good morning everyone. Today I’m here to present about life below water, which is the 14th goal of
all 17 sustainable development goals.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global
Goals, were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a
universal call to, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy
peace and prosperity by 2030.
What is life below water?
We consider here about marine, sea or ocean life.
Ocean covers three forth of the earth’s surface and represents 99% of the living space on the
planet by volume.
Oceans provide key natural resources including food, medicines and biofuels as well as
mined for minerals including salt, sand, iron and drilled for crude oil.
Important source of bio medical organisms with enormous potential for fighting disease.
Oceans also absorb 30% of CO2 produced by humans and the ocean has so far lessened the
effects of climate change.
Coastal ecosystems act as buffers to reduce damage from storms.
More than 3 billion people depend on marine and coastal bio diversity for their livelihoods.
Present ocean is not in a good state.
More than 1.5 billion masks believed to have entered to ocean.
Marine pollution is reaching alarming levels, with an average of 13,000 pieces of plastic litter
to be found on every square kilometer of ocean.
40% of the ocean is heavily affected by pollution, depleted fisheries and loss of coastal
habitats.
26% rise in ocean acidification since the beginning of the industrial revolution.
Ocean absorbs about 30% of CO2 produced by humans, buffering the impacts of global
warming.
Having the aim, conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable
development, there are 10 targets for achieving the goal.
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prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds
protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts
Minimize and address the impacts of ocean acidification
regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated
fishing and destructive fishing practices
5. conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas
6. prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and
overfishing
7. increase the economic benefits to Small Island developing States from the
sustainable use of marine resources, including fisheries, aquaculture and tourism
8. Increase scientific knowledge in order to improve ocean health and to enhance
the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries
9. Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets
10. Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources
As Electronic Engineers,
We can introduce beach cleaning robots as well as ocean cleaning robots in
polluted beaches countrywide.
And also, an app can be developed to register artisanal fishers, so they can easily
access fish markets nearby them.
We can collect data every month about fishing done in countrywide and making a
system to detect if overfishing happened or not.
As the ocean attracts great attention on environmental issues and
resources as well as scientific and military tasks, the need for and use
of underwater robotic systems has become more apparent.
Great efforts have been made in developing autonomous underwater
robots or vehicles (AUVs) to overcome challenging scientific and
engineering problems caused by the unstructured and hazardous
ocean environment.
This picture shows animal behavior researchers using robots to study
their subjects up close with minimal disruption,
We can use renewable energies to reduce co2 emission which affects the global
warming that affects oceans directly.
Using electric cars than other cars for zero CO2 emission in order to prevent
global warming.
We can try on innovating a solar-powered electric car that can ‘run forever’ and never
needs charging.
The solar cells the companies are working on attaching to the car are only 0.03mm thick,
so they can be attached to curved areas on cars like the roof, the hood, or the
hatchback.
By pairing more efficient solar cells with high-capacity batteries to keep vehicles running
at night, solar cars have the potential to outperform hybrid vehicles and hydrogen powered cars.
We all together can make life below water a better place by 2030.
Thankyou.