Hydrography & Monaco The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) is an intergovernmental organisation established in 1921 to promote cooperation among maritime nations in the field of hydrography and nautical charting. The IHO's main objective is to ensure that all the world's navigable waters are surveyed and charted to modern standards . The IHO is responsible for
Bleak Future of Offshore Turbines Soaring inflation, rising energy costs and global temperatures have demolished any vision of achieving electricity generation of 70 % through renewable energy sources by the 2030's whether in the US or EU. Vested stakeholders within the US and EU underestimated the market of offshore turbines being rudely jolted by these
Red Sea Tourism , Coastal Development and Coral Reefs Coral Reefs Coral reefs underly ocean biodiversity and contribute significantly in the economic, social, touristic and cultural scope . The extent of biodiversity of coral reefs incorporating a multitude of symbiotic relationships , encompasses 285,000 km2 covering less then 0.1 % of the ocean exterior. Coral colonies
Deep Subtidal Waters The Roberts Bank Terminal 2 (project) has been approved to be developed as a marine container terminal on Canada’s West coast. Its location in deep subtidal waters is designed to minimize environmental effects. The burden will not be on the taxpayer as the port authority will finance the project. The federal government
Carbon Sequestration Credit Carbon Brief There is a scientific consensus that tree and foliage coverage sequesters carbon and reduces the carbon print brought on by burning of fossil fuels. Afforestation is a climate mitigation tool. Trees can store carbon for decades if not longer. Theoretically planting one trillion trees would reduce global warming trend by
Canals don't Smell The Canals of Amsterdam stretch over 100 kilometers connecting the city to the port and the Canal of the North Sea.The canals don’t smell as the source of water in the canals originates from rivers such as the river Amstel and Zaan. The canals have sea water ingress as well. As it
Qatar Competes with UAE ? Qatar has embarked upon sports tourism in a big way and is endeavoring to compete with the United Arab Emirates. It may overshadow UAE in the long run by spending astronomical amounts. The tourism sector of Qatar launched a marketing campaign prior to the World Cup 2022 . The campaign
Desalination & Climate Changes Many have heard the popular adage of the Ancient Mariner “ Water Water Everywhere but not a Drop to Drink “. Nowadays around 300 million people are provided water from desalination plants worldwide and presently there are almost 20,000 such facilities available with varying desalination capacity and the fresh water so
Term Blue Economy The term “blue economy” entered common parlance after the United Nations (UN) Conference on Sustainable Development held in the year 2012 to promote marine ecosystem integrated management .Yet the ensuing concluding remarks did not allude to the word blue. The emphasis during the UN conference was about building adequate capacity for
Destruction of Mangroves through coastal reclamation without acquiring Hydrographic study data damages the marine aquatic habitat of shrimps and endangered marine species drastically reducing fish stocks sometimes being the sole source of livelihood of fishing communities. One of the basic elements for a thriving planet is biodiversity. The term biodiversity connotes that diverse forests with
