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List of Figures

Figure 1. General structure of the Ocean Accounts Framework

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Figure 26. Hierarchical components of CBiCs classification scheme and Biotic Component hierarchy

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List of Tables

Table 1. Physical Asset Extent Account

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Table 48. Open Ocean ecosystem core statistics

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Abbreviations and acronyms

4IR

Fourth Industrial Revolution

ABNJ 

Areas Beyond National Jurisdictions 

AIS

Automated Identification System

AIT 

Asian Institute of Technology 

APRU 

Association of Pacific Rim Universities 

ARD

Analysis Ready Datasets

ASEAN 

Association of Southeast Asian Nations 

ASFA

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries

BSU  

Basic Spatial Unit (see Glossary) 

CBD

The Convention on Biological Diversity

CBiCS

Combined Biotope Classification Scheme

CBSU

Coastal Basic Spatial Unit

Cefas

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

CEOS

Committee on Earth Observation Satellites

CICES 

The Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services (see Glossary) 

CMECS 

Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (see Glossary) 

CMU 

Coastal Marine Units (see Glossary) 

COP 

Conference of the Parties

CWP

Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics

DIAS

Data Information and Access Services

DON

Dissolved organic nitrogen

DPSIR

Drivers, Pressures, State, Impact and Response

DRSF 

Disaster-Related Statistics Framework 

EA 

Ecosystem Asset 

EAA

Ecosystem Accounting Area

EBVs

Essential Biodiversity Variables

ECVs

Essential Climate Variables

eEOVs

Ecosystem Essential Ocean Variables

EEZ 

Exclusive Economic Zone 

EMUs 

Ecosystem Marine Units (see Glossary) 

ENGOs

Environmental Non-governmental Organizations

EOVs

Essential Ocean Variables

ESCAP 

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 

ETs

Ecosystem Types

EVCs

Ecological Vegetation Classes

EWC-Stat

European Waste Classification for Statistics

FAO 

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 

FDES 

Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics 

FIGIS

Fisheries Global Information System

FIRMS

Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System

FOO

Framework on Ocean Observing

GDP 

Gross Domestic Product 

GEBCO

General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans

GEE

Google Earth Engine

GEO BON

Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network

GEO 

Group on Earth Observation 

GEP 

Gross Ecosystem Product (see Glossary) 

GET

Global Ecosystem Typology

GHGs 

Greenhouse Gases 

GIS

Geographic Information System

GO

Gross Output

GOAP 

Global Ocean Accounts Partnership 

GOOS

Global Ocean Observing System

GVA

Gross Value Added

HIES

Household Income and Expenditure Surveys

IAEG-SDGs

Inter-agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators

ICEP

Index of Coastal Eutrophication

ICZM

Integrated Coastal Zone Management

IDEEA

Institute for Development of Environmental-Economic Accounting

IGOs

Intergovernmental organisations

IIED 

International Institute for Environment and Development 

IMO

International Maritime Organisation

IOC

Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

IPCC 

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 

IPOA-IUU

The 2001 International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

ISIC

The International Standard Industrial Classification

IUCN

International Union for Conservation of Nature

IUU

Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated

JNCC

The UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee

JNCC-EUNIS

The Joint Nature Conservation Committee – European Nature Information System

LME 

Large Marine Ecosystems (see Glossary) 

MBON

Marine Biodiversity Observation Network

MBSU

Marine Basic Spatial Unit

MEOW 

Marine Ecosystems of the World (see Glossary) 

MPA 

Marine Protected Area 

MSDI  

Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (see Glossary) 

MSP

Marine Spatial Planning

NOAA 

US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

NPV

Net Present Value

NSDI 

National Spatial Data Infrastructure (see Glossary) 

NSO 

National Statistical Office 

NSS 

National Statistical System 

OECD 

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 

PEAF

The Poverty Environment Accounting Framework

PEMSEA 

Partnership in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia 

PEN

Poverty-environment-nexus

PON

Particulate Organic Nitrogen

PSUT 

Physical Supply and Use Tables (see Glossary) 

RFMOs

Regional Fishing Management Organizations

SDGs 

Sustainable Development Goals (2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development) 

SEEA 

System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 

SEEA–AFF 

SEEA Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 

SEEA–CF 

SEEA Central Framework 

SEEA–EEA 

SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting 

SNA 

System of National Accounts 

SOLSTICE–WIO 

Sustainable Oceans, Livelihoods, and food Security Through Increased Capacity in Ecosystem research in the Western Indian Ocean 

SST

Sea Surface Temperature

TBSUs

Terrestrial Basic Spatial Units

TEEB

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity

TSA

Tourism Satellite Accounts

UNCEEA 

UN Committee of Experts on Environmental-Economic Accounting 

UNCLOS/ LOSC

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNECE-CES 

UN Economic Commission for Europe, Conference of European Statisticians 

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNISDR 

UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction 

UNITAR

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

UNSC 

UN Statistical Commission 

UNSD

UN Statistics Division

UNSW

University of New South Wales

VMS

Vessel monitoring system

WTP

Willingness to Pay

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