H.E. Mr. Arrmanatha Christiawan Nasir presented his credentials to the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), H.E. Mr. Michael W. Lodge, as the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia to ISA, during a ceremony held in Kingston, Jamaica, on 25 July 2023. Ambassador Nasir is the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia… Continue reading The Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia presents credentials to the ISA Secretary-General

During a side event on the margins of the 28th session of the Council of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) on 19 July 2023 celebrating the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Sustainable Seabed Knowledge Initiative (SSKI), ISA and the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) introduced a species checklist for the Clarion-Clipperton Zone… Continue reading ISA and WoRMS release a species checklist for the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in celebration of the one-year anniversary of the Sustainable Seabed Knowledge Initiative

H.E. Mr. Antonio Lagdameo presented his credentials to the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), H.E. Mr. Michael W. Lodge, as the Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Philippines to ISA, during a ceremony held in Kingston, Jamaica, on 24 July 2023. Ambassador Lagdameo is the Permanent Representative of the Republic of the… Continue reading The Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Philippines presents credentials to the ISA Secretary-General

On 24 July 2023, the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), H.E. Mr. Michael W. Lodge, presented the Fourth Edition of the Award for Excellence in Deep-Sea Research to Ms. Rima Browne from the Cook Islands during the 28th session of the ISA Assembly. Ms. Browne is a geographer at the Cook Islands Seabed… Continue reading ISA Secretary-General presents the Fourth Edition of the Award for Excellence in Deep-Sea Research to Rima Browne from the Cook Islands

The Council of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) closed the meetings of Part II of its 28th session on Friday, 21 July 2023. The Council met in person for ten days. A total of 32 of the 36 Members of the Council were in attendance, along with 23 other Members and 20 observers. The negotiations… Continue reading ISA Council closes Part II of its 28th session

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is pleased to launch Deep Dive, its new e-learning platform entirely dedicated to addressing both technical and scientific aspects of the legal regime set out in Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the 1994 Implementation Agreement and the rules, regulations and procedures… Continue reading ISA launches its new Deep Dive e-learning platform and opens the first call for applications

The Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) is inviting Members and stakeholders of ISA to nominate experts to participate in the intersessional expert group to develop binding environmental threshold values. During its 27th session, the Council of ISA decided to progress the development of environmental threshold values (see ISBA/27/C/42) as binding standards as part… Continue reading ISA calls for the nomination of experts to participate in the intersession expert group to develop binding environmental threshold values until 15 September 2023