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A commitment to reduce ocean noise pollution |
Ocean noise |
oceans and coastal zones, industry |
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https://oceanconference.un.org/commitments/?id=18553#updates |
2017 |
Ocean noise pollution from human industrial activities can negatively impact marine life in many ways. Noise from various sources can interfere with communication, social functions, foraging, predator detections and degrade marine ecosystems. Noise has been generally increasing since the advent of powered marine transportation. Given that most human noise in the ocean is incidental in nature, quieting technologies are a logical approach to reduce negative impacts. Many of these modifications have little or no negative impact on industrial activities. Numerous measures have already been put in place, including voluntary vessel-quieting guidelines within the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Additionally, mitigation strategies related to reducing noise and ship strikes have been implemented in several jurisdictions. However, additional and sustained international collaboration and partnerships, leading to specific actions, are needed to ensure a long-term and sustained reduction of the impacts on marine life of noise pollution generated by industrial activity, particularly shipping and energy exploration.The Partners will establish a multi-stakeholder Working Group to agree on mitigation actions (technologies, operational management measures, area- and species-specific measures) that businesses could implement in order to minimize ocean noise emissions. Given the cross-sectoral nature of the shipping industry, breadth of noise from other sources (e.g., offshore energy exploration, military) and the global scale of this issue, collaboration and constructive dialog among diverse industry, scientific, government and non-governmental organizations will continue to be critical, as clearly demonstrated within the IMO vessel-quieting guideline development. |
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SDG explicitly mentioned |
SDG explicitly mentioned |
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[Wildlife Conservation Society]_ing_usa |
{"ing": ["International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)", "International Fund for Animal Welfare", "Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)"], "bus": ["Southall Environmental Associates"], "edu": ["Duke University"], "oth": ["Scientific Community Member Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)"]} |
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