Academic

Academic research on ocean accounting, ocean governance and ocean sustainable development.

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.

Ocean Literacy for Ocean Sustainability: Reflections from Australia

From classrooms to coastlines, discover why understanding, valuing, and protecting marine environments could be Australia’s most powerful untapped sustainability tool.

Interim Analysis of Ocean Based Climate Actions Communicated in New and Updated NDCs and NBSAPs

Interim analysis of ocean-based climate actions included in new and updated nationally determined contributions (NDCs) & national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs)

Ocean literacy: a pillar in achieving a sustainable ocean future

Read the paper What is Ocean Literacy? At its most

Compiling preliminary SEEA Ecosystem Accounts for the OSPAR regional sea: experimental findings and lessons learned

Compiling preliminary SEEA Ecosystem Accounts for the OSPAR regional sea.

Ocean accounts as an approach to foster, monitor, and report progress towards sustainable development in a changing ocean – The Systems and Flows Model

This publication describes the novel Ocean Accounting (OA) framework and its components; highlights its use opportunities, benefits, and challenges; and presents the Systems and Flows Model for OA.

Into the blue – The blue economy model in Operation Phakisa ‘Unlocking the Ocean Economy’ Programme

This paper explores multiple definitions of the ocean and blue economies, and discusses the importance of adopting blue economy models.

Every account counts for sustainable development: lessons from the African CoP to implement ocean accounts in the Western Indian Ocean region

This publication provides practical guidelines to start implementing national, regional or local ocean accounts, following the Technical Guidance on Ocean Accounting.

Using Ocean Accounting towards an integrated assessment of ecosystem services and benefits within a coastal lake

This paper develops an ocean account for Lake Illawarra in New South Wales, Australia, compiling the accounts for the years between 2010 and 2020.

The emerging intersection between Marine Spatial Planning and Ocean Accounting: a global review and case studies

This paper presents the first analysis of the intersection between marine spatial planning and ocean accounting.