Annex 2. Dataset summary table
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This document offers an overview of data that are of relevance to marine and coastal biodiversity, including those curated or hosted by UNEP-WCMC. To
date, 128 datasets, databases, and data portals have been identified, with detailed metadata having been created for 69 of these records (compiled in Annex
3). This is an updated1 Annex 2 to the Manual of marine and coastal datasets of biodiversity importance2 (Martin et al. 2014), which collates resources to
provide guidance for users of marine data.
Some of the below listed datasets can be viewed and/or downloaded from UNEP-WCMC’s Ocean Data Viewer3. Information about data layers can be found
in the metadata (if included in Annex 3). More information regarding data access can be sought directly from UNEP-WCMC4 or should be sought from
the named contact organisation. UNEP-WCMC does not distribute all these datasets and, as conditions may change over time, makes no warranty
regarding the accuracy of the information provided in this document.
Category Dataset title Version Contact organisation ID5 Associated metadata?
Webpage and/or download
Biogenic habitat Global Distribution of Coral
Reefs (2010) 1.3
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-008 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/1
Biogenic habitat Global Distribution of Coral Reefs - 1 Km Data (2003)
7.0 UNEP World Conservation
Monitoring Centre WCMC-009 ✓ See metadata
Biogenic habitat Global Distribution of Cold-
water Corals (2017) 3.0
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-001 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/3
Biogenic habitat Global Habitat Suitability for Framework-Forming Cold-
Water Corals (2011) 1.0
School of Ocean Sciences, University of Bangor
Bangor-001 ✓ http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.77
5081
Biogenic habitat Global Distribution of Habitat Suitability for Stony Corals
on Seamounts (2009) --
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-024 Contact [email protected]
1 Updated in February 2017. 2 Martin CS, Fletcher R, Jones MC, Kaschner K, Sullivan E, Tittensor DP, Mcowen C, Geffert JL, van Bochove JW, Blyth S, Ravillious C, Tolley M, Stanwell-Smith D. (2014). Manual of marine and coastal datasets of biodiversity importance. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. URL: http://wcmc.io/MarineDataManual. 3 The Ocean Data Viewer can be accessed at http://data.unep-wcmc.org. 4 For non-commercial use, please contact [email protected]; for commercial use, contact [email protected]. 5 Internal UNEP-WCMC numbering system within our metadata catalogue.
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Category Dataset title Version Contact organisation ID5 Associated metadata?
Webpage and/or download
Biogenic habitat Global Distributions of
Habitat Suitability for Cold-Water Octocorals (2012)
1.0 (2012)
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London
ZSL-001 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/40
Biogenic habitat
Modelled Spatial Distributions of
Coralligenous and Maërl Habitats (2014)
2014 UNEP World Conservation
Monitoring Centre Mediseh-001 ✓
http://www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/default.aspx?page=1974
Biogenic habitat Global Distribution of
Mangroves USGS (2011) 1.3 (June
2015) UNEP World Conservation
Monitoring Centre WCMC-010 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/4
Biogenic habitat Global Spatiotemporal Database of Mangrove
Forest Cover (2014) -- Salisbury University UniSal-001 http://arxiv.org/abs/1412.0722
Biogenic habitat World Atlas of Mangroves
(2010) 1.1
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-011 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/5
Biogenic habitat Global Distribution of
Modelled Mangrove Biomass (2014)
1.0 (2014)
The Nature Conservancy TNC-001 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/39
Biogenic habitat World Mangrove Atlas
(1997) 1.0
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-012 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/6
Biogenic habitat Mangrove Tree Height in
Africa (2013)
1.0 (September 2012)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre
NASA-001 ✓ Contact [email protected]
Biogenic habitat Global Distribution of Seagrasses (2016)
4.0 (November 2016)
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-013-014
✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/7
Biogenic habitat Modelled Posidonia
oceanica Distribution (2013) 2013
"Tor Vergata" University of Rome
Mediseh-002 ✓ http://www.emodnet-
seabedhabitats.eu/default.aspx?page=1974
Biogenic habitat Global Distribution of
Saltmarsh
4.0 (January
2017)
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-027 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/43
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Category Dataset title Version Contact organisation ID5 Associated metadata?
Webpage and/or download
Species habitat Global Distribution of Sea
Turtle Nesting Sites (1999) 1.1 (May
2015) UNEP World Conservation
Monitoring Centre WCMC-007 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/22
Species habitat Global Distribution of Sea
Turtle Nesting Sites (2011) --
State of the World's Sea Turtles
SWOT-001 http://www.seaturtlestatus.org
Species habitat Global Distributions of
Habitat Suitability for Sea Turtle Nesting Sites (2012)
-- State of the World's Sea
Turtles SWOT-002 http://www.seaturtlestatus.org
Species habitat Global Distribution of Sea
Turtle Feeding Sites (1999) 1.1 (May
2015) UNEP World Conservation
Monitoring Centre WCMC-006 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/21
Species habitat Fish Aggregation Database -- Science and Conservation of
Fish Aggregations SCRFA-001 http://www.scrfa.org/database
Species distribution
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
-- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
GBIF-001 http://www.gbif.org
Species distribution
Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
--
OBIS Secretariat, Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO)
OBIS-003 ✓ http://www.iobis.org
Species distribution
Ocean Biogeographic Information System Spatial
Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations
-- Marine Geospatial Ecology
Lab, Duke University OBIS-004 http://seamap.env.duke.edu
Species distribution
Spatial Data for the Red List of Threatened Species
v5.1 International Union for Conservation of Nature
IUCN-001 ✓ http://www.iucnredlist.org
Species distribution
Corrected and Refined Mangrove Species Ranges
(2014)
1.0 (December 2014)
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
IUCN-002 ✓ [email protected]
Species distribution
Global Register of Migratory Species (2004)
-- Zoologisches
Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig
GROMS-001 http://www.groms.de
Species distribution
AquaMaps: Predicted Range Maps for Aquatic Species
-- Aquamaps, a joint project of FishBase and SealifeBase
AquaMaps-001
http://www.aquamaps.org
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Category Dataset title Version Contact organisation ID5 Associated metadata?
Webpage and/or download
Species distribution
Global Distribution of Northern Fur Seals (2013)
1.0 (August 2013)
Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
Kaschner-001
✓ http://www.aquamaps.org
Species distribution
Global Distribution of Hawaiian Monk Seals (2013)
1.0 (August 2013)
Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
Kaschner-002
✓ http://www.aquamaps.org
Species distribution
Global Distribution of Grey Seals (2013)
1.0 (August 2013)
Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
Kaschner-003
✓ http://www.aquamaps.org
Species distribution
Global Distribution of Hector's Dolphins (2013)
1.0 (August 2013)
Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
Kaschner-004
✓ http://www.aquamaps.org
Species distribution
Global Distribution of Northern Bottlenose Whales
(2013)
1.0 (August 2013)
Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
Kaschner-005
✓ http://www.aquamaps.org
Species distribution
Global Distribution of Sperm Whales (2013)
1.0 (August 2013)
Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
Kaschner-006
✓ http://www.aquamaps.org
Species distribution
Global Distribution of Bowhead Whales (2013)
1.0 (August 2013)
Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
Kaschner-008
✓ http://www.aquamaps.org
Species distribution
Global Distribution of Sei Whales (2013)
1.0 (August 2013)
Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
Kaschner-009
✓ http://www.aquamaps.org
Species distribution
Global Distribution of Atlantic Spotted Dolphins (2013)
1.0 (August 2013)
Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
Kaschner-011
✓ http://www.aquamaps.org
Species distribution
Global Distribution of Melon-Headed Whales (2013)
1.0 (August 2013)
Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
Kaschner-012
✓ http://www.aquamaps.org
Species distribution
Global Shark Distribution Database (2009)
2009 Dalhousie University UniDalh-002 http://www.globalshark.ca/gs_distribution_db
/data.php
Species distribution
Ocean Tracking Network -- Dalhousie University UniDalh-001 http://members.oceantrack.org/data/discover
y/GLOBAL.htm
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Category Dataset title Version Contact organisation ID5 Associated metadata?
Webpage and/or download
Species distribution
Wildlife Tracking -- seaturtle.org SeaTur-001 http://www.wildlifetracking.org
Species distribution
Movebank -- Max Planck Institute for
Ornithology MovBnk-001 https://www.movebank.org
Species distribution
Tagging of Pacific Predators in the Pacific Ocean
Hopkins Marine Station TOPP-001 http://www.gtopp.org
Biodiversity metric Global Patterns of Marine
Biodiversity (2010) --
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-019 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/17
Biodiversity metric Global Map of Shannon's
Index of Biodiversity (OBIS) 2014
OBIS Secretariat, Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO)
OBIS-001 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/15
Biodiversity metric Global Map of Hurlbert's
Index of Biodiversity (OBIS) 2014
OBIS Secretariat, Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO)
OBIS-002 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/16
Biodiversity metric Global Seagrass Species
Richness (2003) 1.0
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-015 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/9
Biodiversity metric Global Sea Turtle Species
Richness (2002)
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-003 [email protected]
Protected areas and areas of biodiversity importance
World Database on Protected Areas
Released monthly
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-016 ✓ http://www.protectedplanet.net/
Protected areas and areas of biodiversity importance
Global Distribution of KBAs, IBAs and AZEs
2016 Birdlife International Birdlife-001 ✓ http://maps.birdlife.org/marineIBAs/default.ht
ml
Protected areas and areas of biodiversity importance
Global Distribution of Vulnerable Marine
Ecosystems 1.0
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations FAO-002 ✓
http://www.fao.org/in-action/vulnerable-marine-ecosystems/background/vme-
tools/en/#download_shapefiles
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Category Dataset title Version Contact organisation ID5 Associated metadata?
Webpage and/or download
Protected areas and areas of biodiversity importance
Global Distribution of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas
1.0 Secretariat of the Convention
on Biological Diversity CBD-001 ✓ https://www.cbd.int/ebsa/
Protected areas and areas of biodiversity importance
Global Distribution of Particularly Sensitive Sea
Areas (PSSA) 2016 Claymoreclan Design IMO-001 ✓ http://pssa.imo.org
Protected areas and areas of biodiversity importance
The Global 200 Ecoregions (2002)
World Wildlife Fund WWF-001 http://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/glob
al-200
Protected areas and areas of biodiversity importance
Areas of Particular Environmental Interest
(APEI)
1.0 (2012)
International Seabed Authority
ISA-001 ✓ See metadata
Protected areas and areas of biodiversity importance
A Global Map of Marine Critical Habitat (2015) as per
IFC PS6
1.0 (August 2013)
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-029 ✓ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2014.11.00
7
Protected areas and areas of biodiversity importance
Global Diversity Hotspots and Conservation Priorities
for Sharks (2011) 2011 Dalhousie University UniDahl-003
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0019356
Biogeographic classification
Global Estuary Database (2003)
2.0 (2014)
Sea Around Us, University of British Columbia
UBC-003 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/23
Biogeographic classification
Marine Ecoregions and Pelagic Provinces of the
World (2007; 2012)
1.0 (May 2015)
The Nature Conservancy WCMC-036 ✓ http://dx.doi.org/10.1641/B570707; 10.1016
Biogeographic classification
A Proposed Biogeography of the Deep Oceans (2013)
University of Hawaii UniHaw-002 Contact [email protected]
Biogeographic classification
Coral Ecoregions of the World (2009)
1.0 Coral Reef Research TNC-003 ✓ https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/galaxea/11
/2/11_2_91/_pdf
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Category Dataset title Version Contact organisation ID5 Associated metadata?
Webpage and/or download
Biogeographic classification
Large Marine Ecosystems of the World (2013)
July 2013
Large Marine Ecosystem Program, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration-Fisheries
NOAA-001 ✓ http://www.lme.noaa.gov
Biogeographic classification
Longhurst Biogeographical Provinces (2006)
Flanders Marine Institute VLIZ-007 http://www.marineregions.org
Biogeographic classification
Geomorphology of the oceans (2014)
GRID-Arendal GridA-001 http://www.bluehabitats.org/?page_id=58
Biogeographic classification
Global Distribution of Seamounts and Knolls
(2011)
1.0 (2011)
Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London
ZSL-002 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/41
Biogeographic classification
Global Seamount Database (2011)
16.1 School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology,
University of Hawaii UniHaw-003
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/PT/SMTS/main.html
Biogeographic classification
Large Seamount Areas (2004)
1.0 Sea Around Us, University of
British Columbia UBC-004 ✓
http://www.seaaroundus.org/large-seamount-areas/
Biogeographic classification
Global Distribution of Hydrothermal Vents (2010)
3.0 University of Southampton,
National Oceanography Centre
ChEssBase-002
✓ http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/chess/science/sci
_project.php
Biogeographic classification
Global Distribution of Hydrothermal Vent Fields
3.3 (October
2015)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
IntRid-001 ✓ http://vents-
data.interridge.org/ventfields_list_all
Biogeographic classification
Global Distribution of Cold Seeps (2010)
3.0 University of Southampton,
National Oceanography Centre
ChEssBase-001
✓ http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/chess/science/sci
_project.php
Environment descriptor
General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (2008)
British Oceanographic Data
Centre GEBCO-001
http://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gridded_bathymetry_data
Environment descriptor
Global Sediment Map (marine realm)
7.1 Service Hydrographique et
Océanographique de la Marine
SHOM-001 diffusion.shom.fr/produits/sedimentologie/se
dim-mondiale.html
Environment descriptor
Global Crustal Model (2013) Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, University of California
UniCal-002 http://igppweb.ucsd.edu/~gabi/crust1.html
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Category Dataset title Version Contact organisation ID5 Associated metadata?
Webpage and/or download
Environment descriptor
Global Marine Environment Dataset
Institute of Marine Science,
University of Auckland GMED-001 http://gmed.auckland.ac.nz/index.html
Environment descriptor
Bio-ORACLE: a Global Environmental Dataset for
Marine Species Distribution Modelling (2012)
Phycology Research Group,
Ghent University Ghent-001 http://www.oracle.ugent.be
Environment descriptor
AquaMaps Environmental Dataset
Aquamaps, a joint project of FishBase and SealifeBase
AquaMaps-003
http://www.aquamaps.org/download/main.ph
p
Environment descriptor
Mean Sea Surface Productivity in June and
December 2003-2007 (2008) --
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-020-021
✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/18
Environment descriptor
Mean Annual Sea Surface Chlorophyll-a Concentration
2009-2013 (2015)
1.0 (April 2015)
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-034 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/37
Environment descriptor
Mean Annual Sea Surface Temperature 2003-2007
(2008) --
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-022 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/20
Environment descriptor
Mean Annual Sea Surface Temperature 2009-2013
(2015)
1.0 (May 2015)
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-035 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/36
Ecosystem services and
natural capital Mapping Ocean Wealth --
Mapping Ocean Wealth, The Nature Conservancy
TNC-004 ✓ http://maps.oceanwealth.org/
Ecosystem services and
natural capital
A Global Map of Natural Capital (2014)
1.0 (2014)
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-032 ✓ http://www.unep-wcmc.org/resources-and-
data/towards-a-global-map-of-natural-capital
Ecosystem services and
natural capital
Marine Ecosystem Services Partnership
-- Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy
Solutions, Duke University UniDuke-001 ✓ http://mesp2.env.duke.edu/explore
Ecosystem services and
natural capital
A Global Map Of Coastal Recreation Values (2013)
University of Haifa UniHaif-001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.11.
006
Ecosystem services and
natural capital Sea Around Us --
Sea Around Us, University of British Columbia
UBC-009 ✓ http://www.seaaroundus.org
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Category Dataset title Version Contact organisation ID5 Associated metadata?
Webpage and/or download
Ecosystem services and
natural capital Ocean Past Initiative
Maritime Historical Studies Centre, University of Hull
HMAP-001 http://www.hull.ac.uk/hmap/Library/Library.ht
m
Ecological status and impact
A Global Map of Human Impacts to Marine
Ecosystems (2008) 2008
National Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of
California
NCEAS-001 https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/globalmarine
Ecological status and impact
Spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world’s ocean (2015)
National Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of
California
NCEAS-003 https://knb.ecoinformatics.org/#data/query=
%28Halpern%20Cumulative%20human%20impacts%29/page/0
Ecological status and impact
Global Data for the Ocean Health Index (2012)
2012
National Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of
California
NCEAS-002 http://www.oceanhealthindex.org
Ecological status and impact
Environmental Performance Index
2014 Yale University Yale-002 http://epi.yale.edu/downloads
Ecological status and impact
Living Planet Database (LPD)
2014 Indicators and Assessments Unit, Zoological Society of
London WWF-002 ✓ http://www.livingplanetindex.org/data_portal
Ecological status and impact
Reefs at Risk (1998) 1998 World Resources Institute WRI-001 http://www.wri.org/our-work/project/reefs-risk
Ecological status and impact
Reefs at Risk Revisited (2011)
2011 World Resources Institute WRI-002 ✓ http://www.wri.org/publication/reefs-risk-
revisited
Ecological status and impact
Coral Reef Watch National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration-Fisheries
NOAA-002 http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/comp
osites/index.php
Ecological status and impact
SeagrassNet: Global Seagrass Monitoring
Network (2013) 2013
Washington State Department of Natural
Resources, Aquatic Resources Division
WaDNR-001 ✓ http://www.seagrassnet.org/about-
seagrassnet
Ecological status and impact
Global Coral Disease Database (2010)
1.0 UNEP World Conservation
Monitoring Centre WCMC-004 [email protected]
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Category Dataset title Version Contact organisation ID5 Associated metadata?
Webpage and/or download
Ecological status and impact
Fishing Gear Associated With Global Marine Catches
2008 Sea Around Us, University of
British Columbia UBC-008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2006.01.010
Ecological status and impact
Ship Strike Database 1.0 Tethys Research Institute IWC-001 ✓ https://iwc.int/ship-strikes
Ecological status and impact
RAM Legacy Stock Assessment Database
3.0 (2015)
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University
of Washington RAM-001 ✓ http://ramlegacy.org/
Ecological status and impact
Global and Regional Assessments of the Marine
Environment Database
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-038 http://www.unep-wcmc-apps.org/gramed
Ecological status and impact
Plastic Debris Open Ocean (2014)
2014 University of Cadiz UniCadiz-
001
http://www.pnas.org/content/111/28/10239.full
Ecological status and impact
Global Restoration Network Database
Society for Ecological
Restoration SER-001
http://www.globalrestorationnetwork.org/database
Ecological status and impact
Undersea Cables International Cable
Protection Committee ICPC-001 https://iscpc.org/cable-data
Trade Species+ -- UNEP World Conservation
Monitoring Centre WCMC-037 ✓ http://www.speciesplus.net
Biodiversity-related data portal
Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT)
N/A Integrated Biodiversity
Assessment Tool IBAT-001 ✓
https://www.ibat-alliance.org/ibat-conservation/login
Biodiversity-related data portal
Ocean Data Viewer (ODV) 2016 UNEP World Conservation
Monitoring Centre WCMC-039 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org
Biodiversity-related data portal
Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB)
--
National Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of
California
NCEAS-004 ✓ https://knb.ecoinformatics.org
Biodiversity-related data portal
PANGAEA N/A Alfred Wegener Institute,
Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research
AWI-001 ✓ http://www.pangaea.de
Biodiversity-related data portal
FishBase 04/2015 FishBase Consortium FishBase-
001 ✓ http://www.fishbase.org
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Category Dataset title Version Contact organisation ID5 Associated metadata?
Webpage and/or download
Biodiversity-related data portal
ReefBase The WorldFish Center WorldFish-
001
http://www.reefbase.org/gis_maps/datasets.aspx
Biodiversity-related data portal
Map Of Life Yale University Yale-001 https://mol.org
Biodiversity-related data portal
Global Distribution of Sea Turtles (2010)
State of the World's Sea
Turtles SWOT-003 http://www.seaturtlestatus.org
Biodiversity-related data portal
Environmental Data Explorer United Nations Environment
Programme UNEP-003 http://geodata.grid.unep.ch
Biodiversity-related data portal
UNEP Live United Nations Environment
Programme UNEP-004 http://uneplive.unep.org
Biodiversity-related data portal
Atlas of Global Conservation 2014 The Nature Conservancy TNC-002 ✓ http://maps.tnc.org/globalmaps.html
Taxonomic database
SeaLifeBase 04/2015 Sea Around Us, University of
British Columbia SLBase-001 ✓ http://www.sealifebase.org
Taxonomic database
Catalogue Of Life -- Species 2000 Secretariat,
Naturalis Biodiversity Center CoL-001 ✓ http://www.catalogueoflife.org
Taxonomic database
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
-- Flanders Marine Institute VLIZ-004 ✓ http://www.marinespecies.org/
Taxonomic database
World Porifera Database (sponges)
Flanders Marine Institute VLIZ-006 http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera
Taxonomic database
Mangrove Reference Database and Herbarium
Flanders Marine Institute VLIZ-005 http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/mangroves
Administration Global distribution of spatial
planning in the marine environment
1.0 UNEP World Conservation
Monitoring Centre WCMC-042 ✓
Administration Global Self-consistent,
Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database
2.3.4 (March 2015)
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology,
University of Hawaii UniHaw-001 ✓ http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pwessel/gshhg
Administration Global Maritime Boundaries
Database (2008)
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc.
GMBD-001 http://www.globalgisdata.com/10974.html
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Category Dataset title Version Contact organisation ID5 Associated metadata?
Webpage and/or download
Administration Global Administrative Areas 2.0
(January 2012)
Global Administrative Areas GADM-001 http://www.gadm.org
Administration Global Distribution of Islands
"IBPoW" (2010) 1.0
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-005 ✓ See metadata
Administration Global Distribution of Islands
"OSM" (2015)
2.1 (November 2015)
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC-031 ✓ [email protected]
Administration Marine Regions Data Portal Flanders Marine Institute VLIZ-003 http://www.marineregions.org
Administration Maritime Boundaries incl.
Exclusive Economic Zones 9.0
(2016) Flanders Marine Institute VLIZ-001 ✓ http://www.marineregions.org
Administration Regional Seas Boundaries
(unofficial)
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
UNEP-002 ✓ http://www.unep.org/regionalseas/
Administration Boundaries of the Global
International Waters Assessment (2003)
Division of Early Warning and Assessment, United
Nations Environment Programme
UNEP-001 ✓ http://www.unep.org/dewa/giwa/
Administration Global Distribution of
Regional Fishery Bodies (2010)
2010 Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
FAO-001 ✓ http://www.fao.org:80/geonetwork?uuid=cc7d
bf20-1b8b-11dd-8bbb-0017f293bd28
Administration Statistical Areas For Fishery
Purposes (2008)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations FAO-003
http://www.fao.org/geonetwork/srv/en/main.home?uuid=ac02a460-da52-11dc-9d70-
0017f293bd28
Administration Global Distribution of Dive
Centres (2001) 1.2 (June
2015) UNEP World Conservation
Monitoring Centre WCMC-030 ✓ http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/27
Administration Global Distribution of Ports:
World Port Index (2011) --
National Geospatial - Intelligence Agency
NG-AI-001
http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.portal?_nfp
b=✓&_pageLabel=msi_portal_page_62&pub
Code=0015
Administration Global Marine Aquarium
Database (2003) 1.0
(2003) UNEP World Conservation
Monitoring Centre WCMC-023 ✓ [email protected]
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