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.
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Academic research on ocean accounting, ocean governance and ocean sustainable development.
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
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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.
Marine Spatial Planning and Ocean Accounting: Synergistic tools enhancing integration in ocean governance
This paper explores the roles MSP and ocean accounting play in strategic ocean governance, and how synergies may be enhanced to further an understanding of complex ocean systems.