Insights

01 Aug 2026

Protecting a reef takes more than a boundary: Ocean Accounting for Gili Matra

By Hadi Yoga Dewanto and Bella Charlesworth

An ocean accounting pilot at Indonesia's Gili Matra Islands is using governance accounts to inform marine protection that lasts.

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21 Jul 2026

Madagascar: Accounting for Coral Reefs and the Blue Economy

Ocean Accounts Fellows in Madagascar are developing ocean accounts for coastal and coral reef change, and the ecosystem services they provide to local communities.

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21 Jul 2026

Social data for Mozambique's coastal communities

Community-based social data is being collected in Inhambane Bay, Mozambique to feed into a future pilot Social Account, through the work of Ocean Revolution Mozambique and World Resources Institute and support from the UK Government’s Blue Planet Fund.

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21 Jul 2026

Solomon Islands: measuring what matters in a nation that runs on the sea

The Pacific's first internationally standardised maritime accounts put a value on a fleet, a workforce and a lifeline that national statistics had never captured.

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15 Jul 2026

DEPDev Philippines joins the GOAP Membership

By Dr Cheryl Joy Fernandez-Abila

The Philippines' central economic planning department becomes GOAP's newest Member, strengthening the country's commitment to measuring the value of nature and the ocean.

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10 Jul 2026

Indonesian Ocean Accounts Fellows complete research short course

Ten researchers from Indonesia's Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) completed an eight-week ocean accounting research study visit at UNSW Sydney, hosted by the GOAP Secretariat.

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26 Jun 2026

PCSDS - new GOAP member for Palawan, Philippines

Palawan Council for Sustainable Development Staff (PCSDS) joins GOAP to help ensure Palawan's coastal and marine ecosystems are not only protected, but systematically measured and integrated into the policies that shape the province's future.

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21 Apr 2026

News Vol. 14 | April 2026

Ocean accounting from around the world delivered to you. Highlights from the Sth-Sth Exchange, Waste Audits Fiji & SriLanka, Solomon Islands ocean accounts, Statistics Canada ecosystem accounts plus events

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19 Mar 2026

Citizen science data collection in Sri Lanka

By Dr Randika Jayasinghe

What if the people most affected by environmental change were also the ones tracking it? Communities across Sri Lanka will soon be doing exactly that — and the data they generate could change how the country manages its environment.

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15 Mar 2026

Ocean Accounting Education Series

The GOAP Education Series provides self-paced learning modules on key ocean accounting topics. It provides the knowledge foundation for ocean accounting implementation - for policy makers, researchers, or practitioners.

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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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24 Oct 2025

News Vol. 12 | October 2025

Ocean accounting from around the world delivered to your inbox.

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24 Sept 2025

Strengthening the Climate-Ocean Nexus

By Angelique Pouponneau

We stand at a pivotal moment in international environmental law—one where the ocean and climate are finally being recognized not as separate challenges, but as interconnected systems requiring integrated legal responses.

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31 Aug 2025

Community-scale ocean accounts on Pele Island, Vanuatu

By Dr Mitchell Lyons

In August 2025, a collaborative team from the University of Queensland and University of New South Wales visited Pele Island, Vanuatu as part of the project to develop a high-resolution community-scale ocean account. This initiative demonstrates the practical application of ocean accounting principles to support climate adaptation and sustainable livelihoods in Small Island Developing States.

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09 Aug 2025

Remediation of Plastic Pollution: Why Island Nations need stronger measures in the new plastics treaty

By Randika Jayasinghe, Eliza Northrop

Maritime plastic disasters are not rare accidents. The plastics treaty negotiations (INC5.2) are a unique opportunity to protect island nations that bear the greatest impacts of marine plastic pollution, including from global plastic commerce.

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14 Jul 2025

News Vol. 11 | July 2025

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27 Jun 2025

Closing the Information Gap in Global Plastics Governance: No Data, No Deal

By Eliza Northrop, Emily Belonje

Without improving national data on plastics, even the most ambitious treaty will be implemented in the dark, making commitments difficult to properly measure and collective progress impossible to accurately understand.

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20 Jun 2025

What we heard, shared and saw delivered at the UN Ocean Conference

The world was watching the 3rd UN Ocean Conference in Nice with high expectations on what would be delivered for the world's ocean.

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08 Jun 2025

A Progress Report on World Oceans Day

Our vision is for ocean accounts to be at the core of realising a healthy future for ocean, people, and planet. The new 2025 GOAP Progress Report documents how countries across regions are moving from concept to implementation.

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02 Jun 2025

The Time is Now for Ocean Accounts

By Marianne Feoli

The 3rd UN Ocean Conference provides a unique alignment of leadership and strategic vision to recognise ocean accounts as a means to drive sustainable ocean development.

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29 May 2025

Vol. 10 | May 2025

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30 Apr 2025

The Importance of Social Accounts on the Pathway Towards Ocean Equity

By Dr Phil James and Dr Rebecca Shellock

Without including social, cultural, and equity aspects, Ocean Accounts may provide an incomplete or misleading picture.

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14 Apr 2025

The Vital Role of Data in Inclusion, Equity, and Justice in Coastal Communities

By Dr Phil James & Dr Rebecca Shellock

Coastal communities, with their unique blend of ecological and societal dynamics, are often at the forefront of challenges related to social justice and environmental sustainability.

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17 Mar 2025

Insights from the World Ocean Summit 2025

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24 Feb 2025

Scaling Biodiversity Finance: Why Market Infrastructure Matters at COP16

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18 Dec 2024

Vol. 9 | December 2024

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11 Dec 2024

Harnessing ocean accounts: data-driven solutions for ocean finance

By Arlette Schramm

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21 Nov 2024

Riding the Blue Wave: Unlocking finance for the Sustainable Blue Economy

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18 Oct 2024

Vol. 8 | September 2024

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14 Oct 2024

Ocean Accounts Provide a Data-Driven Approach to Coastal Disaster Resilience

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11 Oct 2024

Bridging the Gap: Ocean Accounts and Australia's Sustainable Ocean Vision

By Elizabeth Hollaway, Eliza Northrop

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27 Sept 2024

Understanding the Impact: Using Ocean Accounts to Support Sustainable Coastal Tourism

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06 Sept 2024

Belize: Advancing Ocean Accounting for Sustainable Development

Partnership with the Belize Ministry of Blue Economy to develop ocean accounts supporting sustainable Blue Economy development and informed decision-making.

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12 Jul 2024

Vol. 7 | July 2024

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29 Apr 2024

Vol. 6 | April 2024

The Ocean Account Vol. 5 | April 2024

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29 Apr 2024

Accounting for the Costa Rican Oceans

A collaborative project with the Costa Rican government to integrate the value of coastal and marine ecosystems into sustainable ocean development planning.

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29 Jan 2024

Vol. 5 | January 2024

The Ocean Account vol. 5 | January 2024

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02 Nov 2023

Vol. 4 | October 2023

The Ocean Account vol. 4 | October 2023

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20 Sept 2023

Ocean Accounting & Climate Change: Why Numbers Tell a Deeper Story

By Dr Tainã G. Loureiro and Bella Charlesworth

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07 Sept 2023

The potential of Ocean Accounting to track a sustainable blue economy, Belize as a case study

Last month, a team from the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) travelled to Belize to lead a three-day ocean accounting workshop.

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09 Aug 2023

Vol. 3 | August 2023

The Ocean Account vol. 3 | August 2023

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02 May 2023

Safeguarding Our Seas: The Role of Natural Capital Accounting in Securing the Future of Maldives' Marine Ecosystems and Blue Economy

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26 Apr 2023

Vol. 2 | April 2023

The Ocean Account vol. 2 | April 2023

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16 Mar 2023

Ocean Accounting gains global momentum as countries step up commitments at Our Ocean

At the Our Ocean Conference in Panama, the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership (GOAP) hosted an official side event 'Ocean Accounts: Setting the Foundation for Sustainable Blue Economies'.

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06 Jan 2023

Vol. 1 | December 2022

The first edition of The Ocean Account. A quarterly update on ocean accounting news from around the world and activities from the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership

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18 Aug 2022

South Africa Ocean Accounts

Pilot ocean accounts study in Table Bay, South Africa, coordinated by the GOAP Africa Community of Practice.

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18 Apr 2022

Ocean accounts inform evidence-based sustainable development of the ocean economy

Ocean accounting is a data foundation towards an integrated understanding.

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16 Jul 2020

Marine Spatial Planning and Ocean Accounting: two tools in Ocean Governance

By Jordan Gacutan

The Ocean Accounting framework helps MSP achieve its objectives through supports evidenced-based decision making, by having transparent and accountable ocean data.

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