Global Ocean Accounts Partnership

Webinar: Cuentas Oceánicas en América Latina y el Caribe: Avances, Experiencias y Oportunidades

Para América Latina y el Caribe —una región donde los medios de vida, la biodiversidad y la actividad económica están estrechamente vinculados al océano—, estas cuentas ofrecen una herramienta poderosa para orientar las políticas de desarrollo sostenible. Español (primaria), con subtítulos en inglés disponibles en Zoom Held in Spanish with captions in English via Zoom. Regístrate ahora

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09 May 2025

Why Ocean Accounts are important

As ocean health declines countries need better information systems to manage ocean use, protect biodiversity, and address climate impacts.

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01 May 2022

Social Accounts

Social Accounts are the outputs of capturing, analysing, and reporting of data related to the social, cultural and equity dimensions of the human-ocean relationship within the Ocean Accounts framework.

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25 Feb 2026

Social Accounts in the Maldives

The Maldives has begun integrating the social domain into national Ocean Accounts frameworks.

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21 Nov 2025

Counting the Blue Rand: Building South Africa's Ocean Economy Satellite Account

This study constructs a South African Ocean Economy Satellite Account (OESA) that is SNA-consistent, adapts lessons from international pilots to local data realities, and documents a stepwise compilation approach usable in similar settings.

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18 Nov 2025

Ocean accounting in the Maldives

Information on ocean accounting projects the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) is supporting in the Maldives

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04 Nov 2025

The Social Data Audit Tool

GOAP Social Data Audit Tool helps countries evaluate if their existing national data systems can support the integration of social dimensions into Ocean Accounts.

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30 Oct 2025

Social Accounts Working Group

The Social Account Working Group was established in 2024 to ensure that social, cultural and equity considerations are integrated into ocean accounting

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30 Oct 2025

Valuing The Ocean Economy: Lessons from earlier adopters

The paper compares three Ocean Economy Satellite Account (OESA) pilots (Portugal, Norway, U.S.), extracts methodological lessons, and sets out a protocol that countries can adapt to their own data environments.

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Webinar: Cuentas Oceánicas en América Latina y el Caribe: Avances, Experiencias y Oportunidades

Para América Latina y el Caribe —una región donde los medios de vida, la biodiversidad y la actividad económica están estrechamente vinculados al océano—, estas cuentas ofrecen una herramienta poderosa para orientar las políticas de desarrollo sostenible. Español (primaria), con subtítulos en inglés disponibles en Zoom Held in Spanish with captions in English via Zoom. Regístrate ahora

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Education Series - drop in Q&A session 1

To support the launch of the Ocean Accounting Education Series, we welcome you to join us for an interactive Q&A session.

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Regional Dialogue. Governance Accounts-Institutions, Rights & Responsibilities

This session will dive into how to map and measure the institutions, legal rights, decision-making processes and responsibilities that shape transparent, equitable and accountable ocean governance.

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Webinar. Measuring First, Targeting Second – Building Usable Ocean Economy Accounts

Ocean Economy Satellite Accounts (OESA) can be a useful tool to support ocean governance post-2030 and design target-setting processes. Drawing on recent research and working papers, this webinar will: Introduce Ocean Economy Satellite Accounts (OESA), address data limitations and explore the post-2030 agenda.

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Webinar. Ocean Accounts and Marine Spatial Planning: mapping seagrass from local to global scales

Webinar 19 Nov 2025 - machine learning methods for mapping seagrass using earth observation data, with applications for natural capital accounting.

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COP30 event. Climate and Biodiversity Action: Integrated Opportunities for Big Ocean States

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08 Mar 2026

Governance Accounts Explained

By Yvonne Waweru and Hadi Yoga Dewanto

Governance accounts provide a structured record of the rules, institutions and management arrangements that govern ocean spaces and are compatible with the Ocean Accounts Framework.

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05 Mar 2026

The Solomon Islands make history: first Ocean Accounts for maritime transport in the Pacific

By Dr Cheryl Joy Fernandez-Abila

In February 2026, the Solomon Islands Maritime Authority hosted two workshops on Ocean Accounting for Maritime Transport Workshop in Honiara — a milestone for evidence-based maritime governance in the Pacific.

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15 Jan 2026

Project-level Environmental-Economic Accounting (EEA) across four Indo-Pacific implementation projects

This work is supported by Australian Government DCCEEW and delivered with IUCN through the Blue Carbon Accelerator Fund (BCAF) for projects within the Indo-Pacific region. GOAP focuses on accounting and measurement to help project outcomes be reported in internationally compatible formats.

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20 Dec 2025

News Vol. 13 | December 2025

Ocean accounting from around the world delivered to your inbox.

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25 Nov 2025

A Post-2030 Ocean Economy Agenda: Aligning Measurement and Targets

By Sarah Taylor, Phil James

With just five years until 2030, countries have an opportunity to do something different–align measurement and target-setting from the start, rather than setting targets first and building the measurement systems later.

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07 Nov 2025

Fiji charts a course toward evidence-based plastic waste management

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