{"id":10138,"date":"2021-03-09T09:29:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T08:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ficosterra.com\/?p=10138"},"modified":"2024-08-29T11:44:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T10:44:55","slug":"proudly-made-in-spain-ficosterras-sustainable-algae-based-fertilizers-is-now-a-undp-ocean-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ficosterra.com\/en\/proudly-made-in-spain-ficosterras-sustainable-algae-based-fertilizers-is-now-a-undp-ocean-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Proudly made in Spain \u2013 Ficosterra\u2019s sustainable algae-based fertilizers is now a UNDP Ocean Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nutrialgae,<\/a> the novel sustainable algae based fertilizers manufactured by Ficosterra<\/a><\/strong>, a marine biotechnology company that manufactures biostimulants and biofertilizers in Burgos (Spain) and Ensenada (Mexico), has been selected by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Ocean Innovation Challenge (OIC) as one of the nine exceptional solutions that can help accelerate progress on Goal 14 \u2013 Life Below Water of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)<\/strong>,<\/a> in conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas and marine resources. Ficosterra<\/strong> is the only organization among the nine ocean innovators that is based in Spain.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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What is the United Nation\u2019s Sustainable Development Goal 14?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\"\"Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14) is one of the 17 goals at the core of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by all UN Member States in 2015 Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14) <\/a>is one of the 17 goals at the core of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by all UN Member States in 2015.

The SDGs aims to eradicate poverty, protect the planet and ensure global prosperity, under the prism of sustainability and care for the environment. SDG 14 aims to conserve and sustainably use marine resources from the ocean and seas.

To achieve these goals in each of the contexts, it is necessary to have tools such as innovations, new technologies and, of course, financial resources that make them possible.

For this reason, UNDP, with partners Sida and Norad, launched the first Ocean Innovation Challenge<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0program in 2020, an ambitious initiative designed to accelerate progress on SDG14 by identifying public or private sectors for innovative, transformative, replicable, scalable, and poverty reducing projects that work towards the restoration of the ocean and coasts in order to protect and promote the\u00a0\u201cBlue Economy\u201d.\u00a0
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The selected innovation proposals \u00a0will receive support up to $250,000 and the timeframe for their development can last from one to two years.
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Nine organizations around the world have been selected to meet this challenge.<\/strong>\u00a0The Spanish startup Ficosterra is one of them.<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Luis Lombana, CEO of Ficosterra<\/p><\/div>\r\n

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Ocean Innovation Challenge: Ficosterra’s great challenge<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n