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

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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Read the May 2022 edition of 'In-depth' - our e-newsletter
Read the May 2022 edition of our bi-monthly e-newsletter 'In-depth,' featuring a review of Oceanology International 2022 and other events, a green guide to boating with our partners at The International Seakeepers Society, a look at the NIWA-Nippon Foundation Tonga Eruption Seabed Mapping Project (TESMaP) and much more!
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Latest news
Read the May 2022 edition of 'In-depth' - our e-newsletter
Seatrec and The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project launch new project to map ocean's most remote regions
The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project signs collaboration agreement with the UK Hydrographic Office
The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project utilizes Blue Insight to optimize seafloor mapping
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.
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