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“Our seas and waterways - yet to be fully
charted and explored”
Yves GUILLAM
Assistant Director – International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
Secretariat
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For every action at sea, under the sea, in the
water column, on the sea bottom…
…there is not a single decision-making process
which does not rely on
authoritative hydrographic data !
Risk prevention and management
Environmental protection
Marine spatial
planning
Blue growth (energy, minerals,
maritime transport…)
« A shared reality »
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84 IHO Member States to ensure that the world’s
seas, oceans and navigable waters are adequately
surveyed and charted …and to make available
standardized geospatial maritime information
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For oceans, depths > 200 m
--
Less than 10% of the oceans
around the world are surveyed!
Isn’t it all done, mapped, charted yet?
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Isn’t it all done, mapped, charted yet?
For coastal waters, depths
< 200 m (Source IHO C-55 database)
--
Polar regions > 95%
Caribbean > 80%
W. Africa > 80%
USA ~ 40%
UK ~ 30%
France (Atlantic) ~ 17 %
are not surveyed or
inadequately surveyed
according to IHO standards
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Since 1921, … “..the establishment of the IHO is a
great achievement for mankind...” Cmdre Nuhu Jidere BALA,
Hydrographer of Nigeria (Source Hydro International, March 2015)
raising awareness on importance
of hydrography as a foundation
setting international standards and
guidelines
capacity building
regional and global coordination of
nautical charting services
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Mature, efficient, innovative, open…
…
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Memorandum of understanding, April 2012,
between the IHO and the European
Commission
Network of EU IHO Hydrographic Offices have offered their
support to DG Mare / Atlantic, Outermost Regions and Arctic in
response to the call for tender on Coastal Mapping No 2014/10
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For more information: www.iho.int
IHO contact: [email protected]
As Hydrography is …
- much more than nautical charts…
- much more than knowledge-oriented…(effects
based-oriented ? )…
- clearly a shared « resource » for mankind
Thanks to its existing operational framework, the IHO
and its 84 Member States should be considered as an
essential intergovernmental partner organization…
…for making the Blue [Economy/Data] Gold a Sustainable Reality…