Blue horizon 2025 offers an up-to-date summary of the progress made and challenges faced by the region in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 14 on the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. It provides a compilation of key indicators that shed light on the strategic importance of the ocean in terms of well-being, the economy and sustainable development, together with a selection of key findings regarding each of the SDG 14 targets, in order to contribute to the Latin American and Caribbean countries’ understanding of existing trends, gaps and opportunities.
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) offers this document as a tool for decision-making and transformative policymaking to promote the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans, regional cooperation and efforts to build capacity and strengthen the oceanic sciences with a view to the consolidation of a sustainable, inclusive and resilient blue economy.
A more detailed analysis and the full bibliography are available in Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (2025). Panorama del océano, los mares y los recursos marinos y su contribución al desarrollo sostenible de América Latina y el Caribe (LC/TS.2025/30).