Resources

BBNJ Clearing-House Mechanism

Centralized, open-access information-sharing mechanism established by the BBNJ Agreement

CBD Clearing-House Mechanism

Biodiversity information-exchange network

Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs)

Repository of EBSAs described through technical process under CBD.

FAO SOFIA State of Stocks Indez

Global monitoring of stock status

Global Fishing Watch

Vessel-activity and fisheries-monitoring platform

Global Tuna Atlas (GTA)

Standardized, authoritative record of tuna fisheries data compiled with Tuna Regional Fisheries Bodies

Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs)

Areas identified as having particular importance for marine mammal species or populations, based on a standardized set of criteria (IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force 2024).

InforMEA

UN information portal for multilateral environmental agreements

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Global species-conservation assessment database

Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)

Global repository of marine biodiversity occurrence data

Pacific Environment Data Portal -SPREP

Regional and national environmental data repository.

Protected Planet

Global protected-areas knowledge platform