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UN Atlas of the Oceans
www.oceansatlas.org
UN-Oceans Meeting
17 June 2011
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What is the UN Atlas?
• Contribution to the 1992 Earth Summit decisions on ocean sustainability
• Collaborative network on world’s oceans
• Internet portal created by UN and Partners
• Advocate of UN news and events on oceans
• Information resource and communication support for ocean communities
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Who are the Atlas partners?
CORE AGENCIES
� FAO (Secretariat)
� IAEA
� IMO
� IOC
� UNEP
� WMO
� CBD
UN PARTNER AGENCIES
� DESA
� ISA
COLLABORATING PARTNERS
� NOAA
� HDNO
� CoML
� WRI
� National Geographic
� W20
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UN Atlas home page
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What does the Atlas contain?
• Thematic structure on ocean information
• Fact sheets, images, maps, data and statistics
• Links to UN and other databases, Web sites, publications
• Published or grey literature
• Info on UN and other projects
• Monthly newsletter
• News, events, discussions
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Highlights of the Atlas
• Ocean issues: climate change, conservation, management
• Fisheries issues: governance, state of resources, fisheries communities, coastal development
• Uses of the oceans: contributing to poverty reduction, food, shipping, mining, energy
• About the oceans: scientific background on biology, ecology and research
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Trends – number of visits
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Trends – membership
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What’s new – Partnership
Technical Committee Meeting 2010
• Content
– each Atlas partner regularly updates material
– adopt thematic-based structures
– develop new State of the Oceans worldview
• Systems development
– Maintain, upgrade and enhance
– Keyword-based content harvesting
– Improve search and web statistics
– Implement calendar, archive
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What’s new – Content
• Top entry pages revised
• Main sections updated
• Geography worldview expanded
• Glossary enhanced
• About us / help pages improved
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What’s new – Technology
• Improved Web statistics / Google analytics
• Vulnerability testing
• Improved performance
• Keyword harvesting (Knowledge Object pools)– Background documentation
– Case study
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What’s ahead – Opportunities
UN Atlas of the Oceans 10th anniversary
2 June 2012
YeosuWorld Exposition
May-August 2012 (Int’l Pavilion)
World Oceans Day
8 June 2012
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www.oceansatlas.org
Thank you!