The Global Forum produces a broad variety of policy analyses, publications, and information services, including an electronic newsletter and other online information, with the goal of providing relevant and timely information about integrated ocean policy to the global oceans community, with a particular emphasis on decision-makers.
Publications and Internet Services by the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands:
1. Integrated National and Regional Ocean Policies: Comparative Practices and Future Prospects UNU
Press (forthcoming in 2010)
2. Workshop on Governance of Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Management Issues and
Policy Options (2009)
3. Report to the Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological
Diversity, 19¬30 May 2008, Bonn, Germany (2008)
4. Submission of the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands to the UN Ad Hoc Open¬Ended
Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conser-vation and sustainable use of marine
biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction, New York, 28 April ¬2 May 2008 (2008)
5. 4th Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands: Conference Overview and Earth Negotiations
Bulletin Summary Report (2008)
6. Policy Brief on Climate, Oceans, and Security (2008)
7. Policy Brief on Achieving EBM and ICM by 2010 and Progress Indicators (2008)
8. Policy Brief on Large Marine Ecosystems (2008)
9. Policy Brief on Marine Biodiversity and Networks of Marine Protected Areas (2008)
10. Policy Brief on Fisheries and Aquaculture (2008)
11. Policy Brief on SIDS and Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy (2008)
12. Policy Brief on Freshwater and Oceans (2008)
13. Policy Brief on the Governance of Marine Ecosystems and Uses in Areas Beyond the Limits of
National Jurisdiction (2008)
14. Policy Brief on Maritime Transportation (2008)
15. Policy Brief on Capacity Development (2008)
16. Policy Brief on Compliance and Enforcement (2008)
17. Policy Brief on Developing a Strategy for Public Education/Outreach (2008)
18. Meeting the Commitments on Oceans, Coasts, and Small Island Developing States Made at the 2002
World Summit on Sustainable Development: How Well Are We Doing? Co-Chairs’ Report – Volume1
(2006)
19. Reports from the Third Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands: Moving the Global
Oceans Agenda Forward, Co¬Chairs’ Report – Volume 2 (2006)
20. Small Islands, Large Ocean States: A Review of Ocean and Coastal Management in Small Island
Developing States since the 1994 Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development
of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) (2005)
21. Island Bellwether: Climate Change and Energy Policy Strategy for Small Island Developing States
(2005)
22. Mobilizing for Implementation of the Commitments Made at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable
Development on Oceans, Coasts, and Small Island Developing States
– Co¬Chairs’ Report of the 2003 Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands, UNESCO,
Paris, November 12¬14, 2003 and Subsequent Developments (May 2004)
23. Global Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Small Island Developing States (2004)
24. Voluntary Partnership Initiatives from the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development and
Small Island Developing States (2003) (also in Spanish)
25. A Guide to Oceans, Coasts and Islands at the World Summit on Sustainable Development: Integrated
Management from Hilltops to Oceans (2002)
26. Ensuring the Sustainable Development of Oceans and Coasts: A Call to Action. Co¬Chairs' Report,
the Global Conference on Oceans and Coasts at Rio+10, Paris, UNESCO, December 3¬7, 2001
(2001)
27. Ministerial Perspectives on Oceans and Coasts at Rio+10 (2001)
28. Reports of the Conference Working Groups, The Global Conference on Oceans and Coasts at
Rio+10, Paris, UNESCO, December 3¬7, 2001 (2001)
29. Global Forum Newsletter, an electronic newsletter, is published periodically.
