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Following the efforts of The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project, coverage of the world's ocean floor has now increased from 6 per cent to 15 per cent.

Acting Director, Dr Graham Allen, was involved in key discussions at the First Global Planning Meeting of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development in Copenhagen from 13 - 15 May 2019.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed today between The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project and the Five Deeps Expedition, laying the groundwork for previously unexplored areas of the seafloor to be mapped and the resulting data made available for public use.

Members of the seafloor mapping communities for the South and West Pacific regions recently met at the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club in Wellington, New Zealand.

In March 2019, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project and Five Deeps Expedition, laying the groundwork for previously unexplored areas of the seafloor to be mapped and the resulting data made available for public use.

The Nippon Foundation of Japan has provided funding for GEBCO to train a new generation of scientists and hydrographers in ocean bathymetry.

GEBCO and The Nippon Foundation are seeking a Project Director to be the lead representative of Seabed 2030, which is now in its operational phase.

The first Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project regional mapping meeting for the Atlantic and Indian Oceans took place this month at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University.