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The ocean and humanity are connected. To ensure the health and economic vitality of ocean ecosystems, ocean management needs an upgrade. Ocean Watch provides the data and information policymakers need to make better-informed decisions about sustainable ocean management.
The land and the ocean are strongly connected by a series of human and natural processes, fueling ocean life cycles. Human activities on land have introduced higher levels of sediment and toxic chemicals into the ocean, threatening the health of the coast, ocean resources and billions of people
Proportion of sub-basins with a high or extremely high potential of driving coastal eutrophication
12%Number of countries with ocean-related adaption and mitigation measures in their Nationally Determined Contribution
76 of 198Average proportion of biodiversity hotspots within protected areas
44%Proportion of the marine environment that is currently protected
7.91%Countries with the highest share of national CO₂ emissions from maritime bunker fuels
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land-based pressures upon the ocean
