Several UN entities have issued a Blueprint for Ocean and Coastal Sustainability highlighting the role of oceans in sustainable development and offering recommendations ahead of UNCSD (Rio+20). Among the proposed measures are: - creating a global blue carbon market as a means of creating direct economic gain through habitat protection;
- filling governance gaps in the high seas by reinforcing UNCLOS;
- supporting the development of green economies in SIDS;
- promoting research on ocean acidification, specifically how to adapt to it and mitigate it;
- increasing institutional capacity for scientific monitoring of oceans and coastal areas;
- reforming and reinforcing regional ocean management organizations;
- promoting responsible fisheries and aquaculture in a green economy;
- strengthening legal frameworks to address aquatic invasive species;
- "greening" the nutrient economy; and
- enhancing coordination, coherence and effectiveness of the UN system on ocean issues.
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