The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project is formally endorsed as a Decade Action of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development

Seabed 2030's Regional and Global Centers

Regional & Global Centers

Seabed 2030 has four Regional Centers who compile bathymetry data for their areas and a Global Center that produces the global GEBCO grid.

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Seabed 2030 Spotlight

Quarter of the Ocean Now Mapped

The latest figure was announced by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco during the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Assembly, in Monaco, May 2023.

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Seabed 2030 Project Director Jamie McMichael-Phillips (left) and NORBIT UK and Middle East Director John Fraser

Seabed 2030 and NORBIT Oceans join forces to accelerate global ocean mapping efforts

18 May 2023

The global effort inspiring the complete mapping of the world’s ocean floor - The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project - has announced its newest partnership with NORBIT Oceans, a leading provider of underwater imaging and mapping technology. The parties will work together to advance the field of ocean science, and obtain a complete map of the entire ocean floor.

Jamie McMichael-Phillips, Evert Flier, Mitsuyuki Unno, Rear Admiral Okafor

Nigerian Navy joins global endeavour to map world's ocean floor

11 May 2023

Seabed 2030 announces new partnership with one of Africa’s biggest navies in first collaboration of its kind on the continent

Image shows coverage in the 2023 GEBCO grid, with a focus on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Black areas of the ocean indicate unmapped ocean and blues-purples indicate water depth revealed by measured bathymetric data. Credit: Vicki Ferrini and Hayley Drennon

HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco Announces a Quarter of the Ocean Now Mapped

2 May 2023

SEA-KIT CEO Ben Simpson and Seabed 2030 Project Director Jamie McmMichael-Phillips

Seabed 2030 enters into new partnership with SEA-KIT to enhance ocean mapping capabilities

26 April 2023

A new partnership has been announced by The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project with SEA-KIT International - a provider of cutting-edge uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) to the maritime, ocean science and research industries. The partnership will see the two parties join forces to accelerate the mission to map the entire ocean floor before the end of the decade.

Nippon Foundation GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project

Seabed 2030 is a collaborative project between the Nippon Foundation of Japan and the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO). It aims to bring together all available bathymetric data to produce the definitive map of the world ocean floor by 2030 and make it available to all.

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Events

EMODnet Open Conference

The online EMODnet Open Conference (14-16 June 2021) - connecting across stalkeholders communities to showcase current EMODnet data, data products and services, and look ahead to co-design EMODnet's next phase to 2030 and beyond.

United Nations World Oceans Day

The second fully virtual celebration of United Nations World Oceans Day (WOD) will highlight the theme The Ocean: Life and Livehoods. This year’s annual event will shed light on the wonder of the ocean and how it is our life source, supporting humanity and every other organism on Earth.

IOC Assembly-31 Thematic Webinar

IOC Assembly-31 Thematic Webinar: Building partnerships for Ocean Mapping - the role of GEBCO and The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project

Some of our People

Jamie McMichael-Phillips

Director of the Seabed 2030 Project

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Martin Jakobsson

Co-head of the Arctic & North Pacific Regional Center; Stockholm University, Sweden.

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Helen Snaith

Head of the Global Center; NOC, UK.

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Larry Mayer

Co-Head of the Arctic and North Pacific Regional Center; CCOM, UNH, USA.

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Vicki Ferrini

Head of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean Regional Center; LDEO, Columbia University, USA

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Kevin Mackay

Head of the South and West Pacific Regional Center; NIWA, New Zealand

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Boris Dorschel

Head of the Southern Ocean Regional Center; AWI, Germany

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Mitsuyuki Unno

Executive Director, The Nippon Foundation

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Jennifer Jencks

Jennifer Jencks is the Director of the IHO Data Centre for Digital Bathymetry, which is hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).