Programme Cooperation Agreement 2014: Final Report for the Period 01 January 2014 to 01 March 2015

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Replicating PacGeo

Recently our SOPAC partner was invited to demonstrate PacGeo to Australian Government GIS experts from 13 agencies at a meeting in Canberra organised by Geoscience Australia. PacGeo is considered to be amodel for web services delivery of marine data and information and a similar system is being deployed by the Australian Governmen.

3D view of the bathymetry of the Estonian exclusive economic zone

and Minerals Resources in collaboration with other Fijian agencies (Roads, Health, Forestry, Lands, Statistics). The Solomon Islands is discussing the establishment of SoLIS – the Solomon Islands Land Information System. GRID-Arendal, as lead for the Task 6: Environmental Considerations on the EU Deep Sea Mining Policy report commissioned by the EU Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) 36 and led

by Ecorys, delivered its outputs on time and on budget. This effort, aimed at informing EU policy makers, is a direct consequence of GRID-Arendal’s work on deep sea minerals and mining in the Pacific region.

‘Habitat Mapping in Estonia’ is an EU-funded project in collaboration with the University of Turku. GRID-

36. http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/maritimeaffairs_fisheries/index_en.htm

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Positive feedback on Deep Sea Minerals booklets

Deep Sea Minerals and the Green Economy Extract from an e-mail received from A Swaddling , Environment Advisor, Deep Sea Minerals Project, SPC, 18 February 2014, on the Deep Sea Minerals booklets published at the end of 2013 (see http://www.grida.no/ publicati s/deep-sea-minerals): “I am tasked to disseminate environmental information on Deep Sea Minerals to build capacity in the region, as well as increase public awareness … The production of the Deep Sea Minerals booklet series is a fantastic achievement. I would like to use some of the imagery and graphics …” DEEP SEA MINERALS

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2 Cobalt-rich Ferromanganes Crusts A physical, biological, environmental, and technical review nd techni al review

Manganese Nodules A physical, biological, environmental, a

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Sea-Floor Massive Sulp ides A physical, biological, environmental, and technical review

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Edited by Elaine Baker and Yannick Beaudoin MANGANESE NODULES 1

Edited by Elaine Baker and Yannick Beaudoin SEA-FLOOR MASSIVE SULPHIDES 1

Edited by Elaine Baker and Yannick Beaudoin COBALT-RICH FERROMANGANESE CRUSTS 1

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