Knowledge products

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

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.

The Power of Data: the potential of Ocean Accounts for marine restoration

We are all familiar with images of bleached coral reefs

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

Expert Groups

Global Ocean Accounts Partnership Panel of Technical ExpertsThe Global Ocean

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.

Identifying Models for Institutional Arrangements for the Compilation of Ocean Accounts

This report provides an introduction to ocean accounts and identifies various institutional models suited for the inception of accounts.

Linking Ocean Accounting to Marine Spatial Planning

This report outlines what ocean accounts are and how they can link to, and support, marine spatial planning.

Spatial Data Structures for Ocean Accounts

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

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.