Latest News from the Seabed 2030 project

Saildrone Surveyor completes maiden voyage from San Francisco to Hawaii with data collection supported by The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project.

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project and Kongsberg Maritime have entered a Memorandum of Understanding in support of the global initiative to produce the complete map of the ocean floor. Under the terms of the MOU, the two parties will work together to advance understanding of ocean bathymetry. The effort complements the goals of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

Read the July 2021 edition of our bi-monthly e-newsletter 'In-depth,' featuring an interview with the Secretary General of the IHO, Dr Mathias Jonas, further details on our official endorsement as a programme of the UN Ocean Decade, information on our newly announced partnerships and much more!

QPS generously renews licenses through to April 2022 for The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project.

Seabed 2030 has been selected as one of 80 projects to be showcased at the fourth edition of the Paris Peace Forum in November 2021.

Today the New Zealand Government signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Seabed 2030. New Zealand is the first country to sign up to the project.

Paul Johnson of the University of New Hampshire has created an interactive globe of the GEBCO 2021 grid which is publicly available to use as a scientific tool or educational aid.

Seabed 2030 and Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) have established a Memorandum of Understanding in recognition that both organisations will continue working together to advance our understanding of the global ocean through collaborative contributions towards the completion of a definitive map of the seafloor. The effort complements the goals of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

Head of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans Regional Center, Vicki Ferrini, has been interviewed as part of a Bloomberg film on seafloor mapping.

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has entered a technical cooperation agreement with the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO), a world-leading centre for hydrography specialising in marine geospatial data, and Teledyne CARIS, the leading developer of marine mapping software. The Memorandum of Understanding – announced on the first World Hydrography Day to fall within the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development – will see the parties work together to advance the effort associated with producing the definitive map of the seafloor by the year 2030.