Mapping Ocean Wealth: Livelihoods, Economies and Integrated Ocean-Use Planning

The Conservancy's goal is to calculate and describe—in quantitative and spatial terms—all that the ocean does for us today, so we can make smart investments and decisions affecting what the ocean can do for us tomorrow. In mapping our ocean wealth, we move from broad global averages of habitat science to specific local details, and evaluate nature as an asset. This local data then becomes actionable, translating directly into the engineering, financial and policy language that can inform and improve coastal and ocean planning, conservation, development and investment decisions