International and regional policies aimed at managing ocean ecosystem health need
quantitative and comprehensive indices to synthesize information from a variety of sources …

With oceans under increasing pressure from human activities, sustainable development and
conservation efforts are working to set meaningful targets for healthy oceans. Determining …

Growing international and national focus on quantitatively measuring and improving ocean
health has increased the need for comprehensive, scientific, and repeated indicators to track …

Management of marine ecosystems increasingly demands comprehensive and quantitative
assessments of ocean health, but lacks a tool to do so. We applied the recently developed …

Brazil has one of the largest and fastest growing economies and one of the largest
coastlines in the world, making human use and enjoyment of coastal and marine resources …

People depend on the ocean to provide a range of ecosystem services, including sustaining
economies and providing nutrition. We demonstrate how a global ocean health index …

In 2004, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly approved a Regular Process to report
on the environmental, economic and social aspects of the world's ocean. The Regular …

The ocean plays a critical role in supporting human well-being, from providing food,
livelihoods and recreational opportunities to regulating the global climate. Sustainable …

The benefits provided by a healthy ocean are receiving increasing attention in policy and
management spheres. A fundamental challenge with assessing ocean health and …

Protecting the ocean has become a major goal of international policy as human activities
increasingly endanger the integrity of the ocean ecosystem, often summarized as" ocean …