To help participate in global ocean governance, the "Xinghai-BBNJ" ecological and environmental data special product release

The special ecological and environmental data product for the high seas - "Xinghai-BBNJ" was released on the 5th at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Xiamen International Ocean Week.

BBNJ is the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity Beyond National Jurisdiction under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. As the BBNJ Agreement enters the implementation stage, high seas biodiversity protection has put forward higher standards and stricter requirements for environmental baseline data, dynamic monitoring capabilities and scientific simulation tools.

In order to support the scientific demonstration, environmental impact assessment and long-term dynamic monitoring of high seas protected areas, and to help China deeply participate in global ocean governance, the National Key Laboratory of Satellite Marine Environment Monitoring and Early Warning, jointly built by three units under the Ministry of Natural Resources of China - the Second Institute of Oceanography of the Ministry of Natural Resources, the National Marine Environment Forecasting Center, and the National Satellite Ocean Application Center, has developed and launched the "Xinghai-BBNJ" ecological environment data special product in response to real business needs.

According to reports, this product relies on the Xinghai multi-scale ocean comprehensive data set base, focuses on the needs of marine biodiversity conservation and sustainable utilization in areas beyond national jurisdiction, integrates multi-source observations such as satellite remote sensing and on-site surveys, and constructs marine ecological environment thematic data covering key sea areas in the high seas, with coherent time series and standardized elements. The first batch of integrated Six sets of data sets including autonomous ocean satellite thermal infrared sea surface temperature, multi-life cycle Lagrangian vortex, global sea surface nitrate, global three-dimensional chlorophyll, and Indian Ocean three-dimensional dissolved oxygen, together with the "Mazu·Ecology" model data set, can provide baseline data and simulation capabilities for scientific demonstration, environmental impact assessment, and long-term dynamic monitoring of high sea protected areas.

The "Xinghai-BBNJ" ecological environment data special product is open and shared for BBNJ compliance support, high seas biodiversity assessment, marine protected area planning, cross-border marine ecological research and other scenarios. It fills China's supply shortcomings in high seas ecological standardization special data and provides solid data support for China's implementation of international maritime conventions. The Chinese scientific research team will use "Xinghai-BBNJ" as a carrier to deepen the collaborative sharing of ecological data on the high seas and help protect global marine biodiversity.