Marine Medical: Global Ocean Health Index Revealed… The first comprehensive means of measuring the health of the world’s oceans has finally been unveiled in the form of the Ocean Health Index (Huzzah!). Developed through the collaborative efforts of 65 experts from a range of organisations including, among others, the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the University of British Columbia’s Sea Around Us project, Conservation International, the National Geographic Society and the New England Aquarium, the index scientifically compares and combines all dimensions of ocean health – biological, physical, economic and social - in order to generate an objective and accurate picture of the health of the ocean as controlled by every coastal country. The Index focuses on ten public “goals” representative of a wide range of benefits that a healthy ocean can provide to people. With almost 100 various components factored into their evaluation, the goals set out in the Index are thus: Food Provision (Harvesting Seafood Sustainably) Artisanal Fishing Opportunities (Ensuring Food For Local Communities) Natural Products (Harvesting Non-food Ocean Resources Sustainably) Carbon Storage (Preserving Habitats That Absorb Carbon) Coastal Protection (Preserving Habitats That Safeguard Shores) Coastal Livelihoods And Economies (Sustaining Jobs And Thriving Coastal Economies) Tourism And Recreation (Maintaining The Attraction Of Coastal Destinations) Sense Of Place (Protecting Iconic Species And Special Places) Clean Waters (Minimising Pollution) Biodiversity (Supporting Healthy Marine Ecosystems) With Jarvis Island in the South Pacific Ocean ranking #1 in terms of ocean “health” and West Africa’s Sierra Leone bottoming out in the benthos at #171, why not follow the map’s click-through link to find out where your country ranks, read some more and decide for yourself whether or not you think it’s time to break out the waterproof plasters… 
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Marine Medical: Global Ocean Health Index Revealed…

The first comprehensive means of measuring the health of the world’s oceans has finally been unveiled in the form of the Ocean Health Index (Huzzah!). Developed through the collaborative efforts of 65 experts from a range of organisations including, among others, the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the University of British Columbia’s Sea Around Us project, Conservation International, the National Geographic Society and the New England Aquarium, the index scientifically compares and combines all dimensions of ocean health – biological, physical, economic and social - in order to generate an objective and accurate picture of the health of the ocean as controlled by every coastal country.

The Index focuses on ten public “goals” representative of a wide range of benefits that a healthy ocean can provide to people. With almost 100 various components factored into their evaluation, the goals set out in the Index are thus:

  • Food Provision (Harvesting Seafood Sustainably)
  • Artisanal Fishing Opportunities (Ensuring Food For Local Communities)
  • Natural Products (Harvesting Non-food Ocean Resources Sustainably)
  • Carbon Storage (Preserving Habitats That Absorb Carbon)
  • Coastal Protection (Preserving Habitats That Safeguard Shores)
  • Coastal Livelihoods And Economies (Sustaining Jobs And Thriving Coastal Economies)
  • Tourism And Recreation (Maintaining The Attraction Of Coastal Destinations)
  • Sense Of Place (Protecting Iconic Species And Special Places)
  • Clean Waters (Minimising Pollution)
  • Biodiversity (Supporting Healthy Marine Ecosystems)

With Jarvis Island in the South Pacific Ocean ranking #1 in terms of ocean “health” and West Africa’s Sierra Leone bottoming out in the benthos at #171, why not follow the map’s click-through link to find out where your country ranks, read some more and decide for yourself whether or not you think it’s time to break out the waterproof plasters… 

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