Area of marine environment directly controlled by the organization during the reporting period.
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used, including source(s) of data.
This metric is intended to capture the area of marine environment directly controlled by the organization during the reporting period. See the IRIS Glossary definition on “Directly Controlled” (https://iris.thegiin.org/glossary/) for further detail.
Datasets on important marine and coastal habitats and species can be applied to support decisions during biodiversity risk screening or to identify conservation and restoration opportunities.
The Ocean Data Viewer by Ocean+ (see https://data.unep-wcmc.org/ and https://oceanplus.org/) includes various spatial datasets, such as the distribution of coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrasses, as well as distribution of marine mammals and even feeding and nesting sites for marine turtles.
Note that species abundance typically changes over multiple years or even decades.
June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
New metric. Marine Area Directly Controlled: Total (OI7876) was developed via the IRIS+ Biodiversity and Ecosystems Expert Subgroup.
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