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This section represents the entry point to maps, statistics and online databases currently accessible from the UN Atlas of the Oceans and to collections of maps related to the oceans. Another entry point to maps is through the GEOGRAPHY worldview where maps have been catalogued according to their geographic coverage.

Maps from the Atlas of the Oceans

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Collection of maps from the 3 volume Atlas of the Oceans, published by the Russian Head Department of Navigation and Oceanography (HDNO), and covering various aspects of the oceans, are now available. By clicking the link below, users can look at a preview of what is available. Members of UN Atlas can access the full size images of each map from the sub-topic Ocean Maps from Russian Atlas available on the left navigation bar. See More...

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Statistics and Databases

The UN Atlas of the Oceans contains Fisheries Statistics and Information. It also includes databases such as FAOSTAT, the largest online, multilingual database on food and agriculture covering 50 years, with data on trade in agricultural products, and library databases on the science and management of aquatic organisms and environments.

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MESH Project ( PROJECT )

Project Summary

MESH is an international marine habitat mapping programme that started in spring 2004 and will last until January 2008. A consortium of 12 partners across the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium and France gained financial support from the EU INTERREG IIIB fund for this international programme. The MESH partnership covers all five countries in the Interreg (IIIb) north-west Europe area, drawing together scientific and technical habitat mapping skills, expertise in data collation and its management, and proven practical experience in the use of seabed habitat maps for environmental management within national regulatory frameworks. MESH aims to produce seabed habitat maps for north-west Europe (see MESH study area) and develop international standards and protocols for seabed mapping studies. The end products are a meta database of mapping studies, a web-delivered geographic information system (GIS) showing the habitat maps, guidance for marine habitat mapping including protocols and standards, a report describing case histories of habitat mapping, a stakeholder database and an international conference with published proceedings.

Project Outputs

Project website including interactive mapping website - MESH webGIS Online Metadata Catalogue of seabed mapping studies System of Confidence Assessment for habitat maps Guide to Marine Habitat Mapping (online & DVD) Review of Standards and Protocols Cruise reports Modelled outputs Case studies Stakeholder network

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