Guidance

Relevant knowledge products providing guidance on ocean accounting, ocean governance and ocean sustainable development.

Financing to Secure a Sustainable Future for Marine Protected Areas

Author: Arlette Schramm  Read the policy brief Marine Protected Areas

Data-driven solutions: the Plastics Data Checklist

In the context of the global plastic treaty, this Checklist outlines data required to understand the flows of plastics through a national economy and into the environment

Ocean Accounts for Sustainable Ocean Plans: Enabling Decision-Makers to Measure Progress

Read the report Introduction  The ocean economy is a complex

Policy Briefs

The GOAP Secretariat has prepared a series of policy briefs

Ocean Accounts as a Catalyst for Blue Bonds

In the latest policy brief, finance expert Arlette Schramm, unpacks

How Ocean Accounts can strengthen Parametric Insurance for coastal resilience

In the latest policy brief, finance expert Arlette Schramm, unpacks

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.

Guidelines for Standardised and Comparable Reporting across Blue Planet Fund Projects

The document provides background on the UK's Blue Planet Fund, related programmes of work, and best practices in environmental-economic accounting related to marine environment development projects.

Spatial Data Structures for Ocean Accounts

This technical report introduces the ways spatial data is used within ecosystem accounting and ocean accounting more broadly.

Ecosystem Services Factors

This report provides a compilation of global coastal ecosystem services factors for the purpose of enabling more coherent measurement of ocean services and the production of ocean accounts.