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4. INTERNATIONAL CO-ORDINATION AND CO-OPERATION 



There exists a number of international organizations, at various levels, which have expressed 

 interest in the resources of the Southern Ocean (see Figure 6); several of these have active 

 biological programmes. The success of BIOMASS will depend on the establishment of effective 

 co-ordination machinery. 



MEMBER COUNTRIES 



Non- Q overnmen 



IOC MEMBER STATES 

 IINTERESTEDI 



gl orggnizcrtions: 



Govemmentgl or q gnizalion5 



ICSU 



lABO SCOR SCAR ACMRR 



TREATY 



SCOR/SCAR 

 ' — "^ Group of 

 Speciglists 



IOC 

 lUNESCOl 



ICG 

 SouthGfn 

 Ocegn 



[ICG 

 BIOMASS 

 Sub-group 



— > Line of commgnd 

 -■^ Advice 



c^ 



IWC 



Scientific pjgnning and ewluotion y 



Co-ordingtion of operations 



KIG 6. Organizational structure for BIOMASS. 



4.1 Present organizations 



4. 1 . 1 Non-govemmental organizations 



1. ICSU-SCAR. 



2. ICSU-SCOR. 



3. ICSU-IABO. 



4.1.2 Inter-governmental organizations 



1. Antarctic Treaty consultative meetings. 



2. Biennial meetings of representatives of consultative governments. 



