“Marine ecosystem underpin human survival and development, from the air we breathe to the food we eat. What the future looks like will very much depend on whether we are able to acknowledge and manage fundamental dependence on healthy natural systems. We still have much to learn but one thing we have learnt is that knowing the facts alone will not create the change that is needed “. (John Duncan, Senior Manager: Marine programme, WWF South Africa). Sustainable development goals (SDG’s), should be seen as a need of present and future generation, that not only create ability of system that thrive by maintaining economic viability, but also nourishes the need by limiting resources depletion. The sectors of businesses, civil society and government can contribute to sustainable development by reaching the state of sustainability socially, environmentally, and economically. This essay will critically discuss and explain the origin and rationale of SDG’s and illustrate the adverse consequences of irresponsible management that have given rise to people-planet-profit trade-off’s that are unsupportable.
Sustainable management takes the concepts from sustainability and incorporates them with the concepts of management. In other words, sustainable management is an ‘asset administration system’ that tries to make any collection or utilization of natural resources as economical as could reasonably be expected. In this way, the primary objective is to renew any assets (resources) as