Fiji charts a course toward evidence-based plastic waste management
In October, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change in
GOAP Secretariat
GOAP is a global, multistakeholder partnership established to enable countries and other stakeholders to go beyond GDP to effectively measure and manage progress towards ocean sustainable development.
The Social Data Audit Tool
The GOAP Social Data Audit Tool is designed to help
Social Accounts Working Group
Dr Bernice Serwah Ofosu-Baadu
Assistant Chief Statistician
Statistics Ghana, Ghana
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.
Why ocean data must include people
Coastal communities remain largely invisible in ocean policy decisions. A new eight-country analysis reveals that countries have the tools and data to start integrating social data into Ocean Accounts transforming ocean governance into an instrument of equity.
Leveraging national social data for Ocean Accounts
This report outlines a social data audit methodology which can be used as a first step in compiling social data within the ocean accounting framework.
News Vol. 12 | October 2025
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Handbook on Sustainable Ocean Plans: A Practitioners’ Guide
The ‘Handbook on Sustainable Ocean Plans: A Practitioners’ Guide’ provides a practical framework to help countries design and implement Sustainable Ocean Plans (SOPs). SOPs are comprehensive, country-driven frameworks to sustainably manage 100% of the ocean area under national jurisdiction.
Training. Introduction to SEEA and Ocean Accounts
This training provides an overview of the System of Environmental-Economic Accounts (SEEA) and introduction to Ocean Accounts, including the integration of environmental, economic and social values.
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.