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Priorities for progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 14 ‘Life below water’

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This year marks the mid-point for the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals, including Sustainable Development Goal 14 (‘Life below water’). We asked a range of researchers working across marine science, conservation, policy and implementation to reflect on priorities for action on ocean health and biodiversity over the next seven years.

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  1. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC, USA

    Jane Lubchenco

  2. Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Emma F. Camp

  3. Coastal Ecosystems & Global Environmental Change Lab (ECCALab), Department of Aquatic Systems, Faculty of Environmental Sciences & Environmental Sciences Center EULA Chile, Universidad de Concepción, Concepcion, Chile

    Cristian A. Vargas

  4. Coastal Social-Ecological Millennium Institute (SECOS), P. Universidad Católica de Chile & Universidad de Concepción, Concepcion, Chile

    Cristian A. Vargas

  5. Millennium Institute of Oceanography (IMO), Universidad de Concepción, Concepcion, Chile

    Cristian A. Vargas

  6. Ecotrust Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Dyhia Belhabib

  7. Nautical Crime Investigation Services, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Dyhia Belhabib

  8. SDGs Center, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia

    Zuzy Anna

  9. Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

    Diva J. Amon

  10. SpeSeas, D’Abadie, Trinidad and Tobago

    Diva J. Amon

  11. Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Anna Metaxas

  12. Nippon Foundation Ocean Voices Programme. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Harriet Harden-Davies

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Correspondence to Jane Lubchenco, Emma F. Camp, Cristian A. Vargas, Dyhia Belhabib, Zuzy Anna, Diva J. Amon, Anna Metaxas or Harriet Harden-Davies.

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Lubchenco, J., Camp, E.F., Vargas, C.A. et al. Priorities for progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 14 ‘Life below water’. Nat Ecol Evol 7, 1564–1569 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02208-4

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