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| | Global bathymetry & topography are two of the most extensively used types of scientific data for a wide variety of scientific, practical, & artistic applications. Global relief forms a framework for visualization of other types of data & information, and provides boundary conditions for environmental modelling. |  | | | | Map from the IOC Marine Programme | | | | |
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| Newsletter December 2007
Newsletter 07 December 2007 | |
| Dear UN Atlas Member,
This month celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption and opening for signature of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Convention, often referred to as the "constitution of the sea", establishes one single set of rules for the oceans. Its scope is vast and deep: it governs all uses of the world's oceans, including the airspace above and the seabed below; it covers uses of all its resources, living and non-living, on the high seas, on the ocean floor and beneath, on the continental shelf and in the territorial seas; the protection of the marine environment; and basic law and order. There are currently 155 parties to the Convention, including the European Community. Visit the UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea site for more information.
In this newsletter you will also find information on recent publications and meetings, including the latest activity report published by the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP) and updates from the International Maritime Organization.
If this newsletter may interest someone you know, please forward it.
Contribute to and participate in the growing Atlas community by becoming an active Member of the UN Atlas today.
Thank you,
The UN Atlas of the Oceans Editors
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