The Circum-Pacific Council endorses Seabed 2030
The Directors of the Circum-Pacific Council (CPC) have unanimously voted to endorse the Nippon-GEBCO Seabed 2030 project, which aims to map the entire ocean floor by 2030.
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GEBCO-Nippon Foundation Alumni Team qualify for final round of Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE
The GEBCO-Nippon Foundation Alumni Team has progressed to the final round of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE, a global competition challenging teams to advance deep-sea technologies for ocean floor exploration.
Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project now operational
At a press conference, held on 20 February in Tokyo, the Chairman of The Nippon Foundation, Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, has announced that The Nippon Foundation – GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project is now operational.
Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project concept paper released
Access a paper, published in the journal 'Geoscience', detailing the background to and need for Seabed 2030.
Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project teams up with Fugro to kick start crowd sourced data contributions
The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project is teaming up with Fugro, one of the world’s leading private sector off-shore survey companies, to help map the entire ocean floor by 2030.
Seabed 2030 kick off meeting
On 25th and 26th October 2017, members of the Seabed 2030 Project Team and invited experts met at the UK National Oceanography Centre, Southampton - to plan the first stages of this ambitious project.