were also assessed. The major portion of this program, to be completed 

 during 1972, will include the development of a pilot study of the Terrebonne 

 Parish area to provide techniques for modifying existing improvements in the 

 Louisiana coastal zone for hurricane protection, reduction of saltwater 

 intrusion, preservation of fish and wildlife, prevention of coastal erosion, and 

 enhancement of water quality. 



Activities of tlie IOC 



The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) began its 

 second decade under new statutes that substantially increased its authority 

 and broadened its scope as the central coordinating point for marine science 

 in the United Nations Organization. The IOC adopted new, more effective 

 procedural rules and strengthened its ties with the United Nations Educa- 

 tional, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Food and Agri- 

 culture Organization (FAO), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 

 and Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO). 



The IOC held its Seventh Biennial Session in Paris, France, from Octo- 

 ber 26 through November 5, 1971. The Session made significant progress on 

 the development of the IOC's Long-term and Expanded Program of Oceanic 

 Exploration and Research (LEPOR) and the International Decade of Ocean 

 Exploration (IDOE). The Global Investigation of Pollution in the Marine 

 Environment (GIPME) was established as a major project of IDOE 

 and LEPOR. The Session also adopted seven additional projects of major 

 importance for LEPOR: a study of upwelling, including ocean-atmosphere 

 interaction; a survey of living resources; coastal ecology and mariculture; 

 morphological charting of the sea floor; systematic geological and geophysi- 

 cal surveys of continental margins; river discharge of sediments and along- 

 shore transport ; and physical research related to the Integrated Global Ocean 

 Station System (IGOSS). Lastly in this area, the Session strengthened the 

 role of IDOE as the acceleration phase of LEPOR for the period from 1971 

 through 1980. As noted in chapter IV, the IOC has also taken the first steps 

 toward IGOSS by planning a 1972 pilot project for the collection, exchange, 

 and evaluation of bathythermograph data. 



During 1971, the Commission, in cooperation with IMCO, completed 

 preparation of a draft convention to clarify the legal status of ocean data- 

 acquisition systems. In data exchange, the IOC adopted the interim standard 

 international data inventory form (ROSCOP) for use in international co- 

 operative programs and in national programs. 



The IOC also informed the Intergovernmental Working Group on Moni- 

 toring preparing for the United Nations Conference on the Human En- 

 vironment that it is willing to accept responsibilities for promoting, planning, 

 and coordinating an international marine-pollution-monitoring program. 



Developing countries were assisted last year in understanding and utiliz- 

 ing locally available ocean resources through the scientific endeavors of the 

 IOC and the programs of resource utilization of the FAO and the United 

 Nations Development Program. To this end, the United States, in conjunc- 

 tion with IOC, sponsored a training course for selected students from Latin 

 America, Africa, and Asia. This AID-funded program, conducted by 



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