The UN Atlas of the Oceans is an Internet portal providing information relevant to the sustainable development of the oceans. It is designed for policy-makers who need to become familiar with ocean issues and for scientists, students and resource managers who need access to databases and approaches to sustainability. The UN Atlas can also provide the ocean industry and stakeholders with pertinent information on ocean matters.
The Atlas includes four main entry points to access information:
- USES (of the oceans) from fishing, shipping and mining to tourism, dumping and marine biotechnology;
- ISSUES from food security and climate change to governance and human health;
- FACTS (about the oceans) from history, biology, maps and statistics to research, climatology and ecology;
- GEOGRAPHY information categorized by geographical area