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The Social Progress Index (SPI) measures the extent to which countries provide for the social and environmental needs of their citizens. Fifty-four indicators in the areas of basic human needs, foundations of well-being, and opportunity to progress show the relative performance of nations.
Social sustainability can conflict with biodiversity. A fishery is socially sustainable if the fishery ecosystem maintains the ability to deliver products the society can use. Major species shifts within the ecosystem could be acceptable as long as the flow of such products continues. [2]
Various ways of operationalizing or measuring sustainability have been developed. Since the 2010s, there has been an expansion of interest in Sustainable Development Index (SDI) systems, both in industrialized and, albeit to a lesser extent, in developing countries. SDIs are seen as useful in a wide range of settings, by a wide range of actors ...
In 2020, production and development of SSI was taken over by Technische Hochschule Köln. SSI data are published on a bi-annual basis. All data show the same cut-off date, usually two years prior to the edition's publication date. The latest edition (2018) contains sustainability data of the year 2016.
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 August 1994: D. B. Wijetunga [25] [26] Mahinda Rajapaksa: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 October 2000: 14 September 2001: Chandrika Kumaratunga: Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development [27] 14 September 2001: Minister of Ports, Shipping and Fisheries [28] [29] Mahinda Wijesekara: United National Party ...
It contrasts with large-scale modern commercial fishing practices in that it is often less wasteful and less stressful on fish populations than modern industrial fishing. Target 14.b of Sustainable Development Goal 14 works to provide access rights to artisanal fishers on marine resources and markets. [2]
According to the “State of Sustainability Initiatives Review: Standards and the Blue Economy” published in 2016 by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), “FOS production has grown at a rate of 91% per annum between 2008 and 2015, reaching 9.3 million metric tons of FOS-certified wild catch seafood in 2015 (5.7% of global, 10.1% of total wild catch) making it the ...
Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka [18] Mobile broadband Internet subscriptions: 20,432,582: 2024: 46: 172: Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka [18] e-Government Development Index: 0.6667: 2024: 98: 193: United Nations [19] ICT Development Index: 71.3: 2024: 93: 173: International Telecommunication Union [20]