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LIFE              SDG 14: Life Below Water
                       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 underwater 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               LIFE
                 terrestrial ecosystems, managing forests, fighting deforestation, reversing           ON LAND

                 land degradation and stopping biodiversity loss. In the 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.




                  PEACE, JUSTICE AND    SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
                  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 the goals as large as SDGs, it is very much             PARTNERSHIPS
                 required to have partnerships between the stakeholders like government,               FOR THE GOALS
                 private  sector  and  civil  society.  The sharing has to  be  of knowledge,
                 expertise, technology and financial resources to support and achieve the
                 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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