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The International Seabed Authority (ISA) today joined the IODE network as an Associate Data Unit (ADU). The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is an autonomous international organization established under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the 1994 Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1994 Agreement). The ISA is the organization through which States Parties to UNCLOS organize and control all mineral-resources-related activities in the Area for the benefit of mankind as a whole. In so doing, ISA has the mandate to ensure the effective protection of the marine environment from harmful effects that may arise from deep-seabed related activities. ISA which has its headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica, came into existence on 16 November 1994, upon the entry into force of UNCLOS. ISA became fully operational as an autonomous international organization in June 1996, when it took over the premises and facilities in Kingston, Jamaica previously used by the United Nations Kingston Office for the Law of the Sea. As an IODE ADU, the ISA also joins the OBIS network as an OBIS node and will publish its biodiversity data (including taxonomic information, species abundance and distribution) with IODE's Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS), and metadata will be contributed to IODE's ODISCat. https://isa.org.jm
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of our colleague and friend John Bemiasa on 11 May 2021. Based at the " Institut Halieutique et de Sciences Marines" in Tuléar, Madagascar, John was instrumental to the establishment of the Madagascar NODC in 2000. In fact John was closely involved in RECOSCIX-WIO (1989), ODINEA, ODINAFRICA, the African Coastal and Marine Atlas (ACMA) and since 2020, the Ocean InfoHub Africa project. John was also Vice-Chair of IOCAFRICA.
For over 30 years John has been a driving force in IODE's activities in Eastern Africa and a respected member of the IODE family. But John will also be remembered for being a kind and warm person and we have all been fortunate to know him.
The IMDIS 2021 proceedings have been published in Bollettino di Geofisica, Vol.62 and are available on the IMDIS website.
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