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SDG 14: Life Below Water
We all know that healthy oceans support climate change mitigation and
adaptation efforts. SDG targets to prevent and reduce marine pollution,
protect marine and coastal ecosystems, regulate harvesting and end
destructive fishing practices, etc. Our oceans are vast and cover more than
70% of the earth’s surface.
This makes tracking and measuring life under water a massive task. Satellite imagery and analysis
of a boat’s movements with a specially designed form of machine learning makes it possible to
determine the area of illegal fishing or seafaring vessels.
Google Net object classification project and platform
SDG 15: Life on Land
This aims at protecting, restoring and promoting the sustainable use of
terrestrial ecosystems, managing forests, fighting deforestation, reversing
land degradation and stopping biodiversity loss. In future, AI methods may
be used to create a digital dashboard for the planet, to help us monitor,
model, foresee and manage environmental systems on a global scale.
SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
This aims to guarantee justice and freedom for all people by 2030. The
target is to significantly reduce all forms of violence with communities and
governments to end conflict and insecurity.
SDG 17: Partnership for the Goals
To be successful in achieving goals as large as SDGs, it is very much
required to have partnerships between the stakeholders like government,
the private sector and civil society. The sharing has to be of knowledge,
expertise, technology and financial resources to support and achieve
sustainable development goals in all the countries. AI can be a vital tool
for the global community to achieve the targets of the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals. Asia and the Middle East have already
instigated to focus on AI as a part of their development strategy and
economic growth.
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