UNESCO is to reveal a new global programme to ensure 100 per cent of coastal communities will be ‘tsunami ready’ by 2030. Audrey Azoulay, director-general of Unesco, will lay out the plans during the upcoming UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, which runs from 27 June to 1 July. The ambitious plans involve the training of […]
Earlier this year, a UNESCO-supported research expedition discovered one of the biggest deepwater coral reefs in the world, off the coast of Tahiti. This underwater treasure has for long been known to local fishermen, but its extent was unsuspected. The reef is located at depths of between 30 and 65 metres. It is approximately 3km […]