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background section of the final submission documents
See also annex 1 for status of global distribution of outer continental shelf 2009
2008
• 7000 website visits (approx 600 per month) registered with further awareness raising/promotion in 2009 in
order to achieve visitor targets.
• UNEP Shelf Programme News feed and event feed available as an online resource providing the latest
information relating to continental shelf delineation and associated issues.
• Nature 452, 151 (13 March 2008) Poor countries left behind in rush to claim seafloor.
• New Google map solution implemented for OSDS to facilitate wider access to geological and geophysical
data useful in delineation work.
• 5 major international conferences attended in 2008 (including International Geological Conference, Oslo;
International Conference on Data Management and Information Systems (IMDIS), Athens; Fridtjof Nansen
Symposium, Oslo;
Communication and outreach
• 500 visitors per day on the
UNEP Shelf pages.
• Recognition as the major
source for research
publications, brochures,
posters and information
packages related to
continental shelf delineation
and associated issues.
• 3 marine conferences and
meetings attended each
year.
2009
• The Marine programme have approximately 10000 visits annually (approximately 800 per month)
• Launched Earthwire Marine: an environment news service that collects news from media sources on the
Internet, press releases and news from research organisations, environmental organizations and the public
sector, all related to the marine environment,
• Publication “Continental shelf; The Last maritime Zone” launched, describing the status of the extended
continental shelf work after 13 May 2009.
• Several press releases and radio and newspaper interviews linked to 13 May 2009 deadline. See also
MARINE B: MARINE AND COASTAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
EXPECTED OUTPUTS MAIN INDICATORS 2008 and
2009
RESULTS/OUTPUTS
B1. Assistance to UNEP to
develop policy and a
programme of work on the
sustainable use and
ecosystem-based
management of oceans and
coasts.
B1. UNEP has developed its ‘One
Ocean’ policy and strategy, and
presented it to the Governing
Council in 2009.
2008
• Contributed to the drafting of a Marine and Coastal Strategy for UNEP (formerly “One Ocean” policy)
including several consultations with UNEP held.
• Participated at the UNEP Governing Council meeting in Monaco, February 2008, and the 10th Global
meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans (Guayaquil, Ecuador, November 2008); the
Global Conference on Oceans Coasts and Islands in Hanoi.
• Participated in peer review of the Assessment of the Assessment report (AoA). The AoA is the first phase
towards a regular process for the reporting on the state of the marine environment, according to UN GA Res
60/30.
• The report “In the Dead Water” launched, and the French version of “In the Dead Water” translated and
launched. Other UN language versions of the report considered.
water/
• Rapid response assessment report “The Environmental Food Crisis” prepared and launched at GMEF/GC,
Nairobi in February 2009.