112 datasets found

Marine Areas Beyond the National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) occupy approximately 64 per cent of the surface of the Earth’s ocean (Global Ocean Commission, 2014) and 95 per cent of its...

Marine planning in the UK and Ireland is committed to applying an ecosystem-based approach. A total of seven marine plans from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland were compared...

The MERCES project is focused on the restoration of different degraded marine habitats, with the aim of: 1) assessing the potential of different technologies and approaches; 2)...

Where the Central Aegean and the North East Levantine Seas meet, Mediterranean waters provide critical habitat for some of its most charismatic species, including sandbar...

There is no monitoring or reporting framework for the global aquarium trade. This means that the best source of quantitative data are the wholesale import and export companies...

​The Ocean Data Viewer (ODV) offers users the opportunity to view and download a range of global datasets on coastal and marine biodiversity (such as corals, mangroves and...

Since 2011, global marine biodiversity datasets hosted on the Ocean Data Viewer have been used by more than 3,200 organisations in 219 countries and territories across six...

The oceans are under threat; marine species populations declined by 49% between 1970 and 2012 (WWF, 2015). Anthropogenic pressures on the marine environment have increased over...

The aim of this project is to review how the use of the area-based management approaches can contribute towards the delivery of SDGs and Targets. The review is based on a...

This document summarises the key findings of a Technical Report exploring the potential contributions of marine and coastal area-based management approaches to Sustainable...

This document is part of a series, funded by the European Commission and produced by the UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre, supported by UN Environment, which...

This report provides an overview of the extent to which marine and coastal biodiversity has been included in the national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs) of...

Overview on land-based pollutant sources and activities affecting the marine, coastal, and freshwater environment in the Pacific islands region.

Regional Seas Reports and Studies

The new rapid response report entitled In Dead Water has for the first time mapped the multiple and combined impacts of pollution

This Outlook presents some stark choices for human societies. On one hand it warns that the diversity of living things on the planet continues to be eroded as a result of human...

Land-based sources and activities affecting the quality and uses of the marine, coastal and associated freshwater environment.

The aim of the present report is to give general picture of possible interaction of fishing activities and Mediterranean marine turtle population.

This report shows how the understanding of the changing problems facing the marine environment is a continuing goal of UNEP's Ocean programme, as it provides the necessary...

Regional seas reports and studies.