Implementing adaptive management in deep seabed mining: Legal and institutional challenges
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2018.09.001
Abstract: Abstract The presence of scientific uncertainty in relation to the ecological impacts of deep seabed mining has led to increased interest in the use of adaptive management as part of the environmental regulatory structure for… read more here.
Keywords: legal institutional; adaptive management; seabed mining; deep seabed ... See more keywords
Challenges to the sustainability of deep-seabed mining
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DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-0558-x
Abstract: This Review focuses on whether the emerging industry of deep-seabed mining aligns with the sustainable development agenda. We cover motivations for deep-seabed mining, including to source metals for technology that assists with decarbonization, as well… read more here.
Keywords: deep seabed; seabed mining; challenges sustainability; sustainability deep ... See more keywords
Organomineralization in the deep seabed polymetallic nodules: a matter of cell surface
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DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2025.2519782
Abstract: Abstract Deep seabed ferromanganese precipitates, better known as polymetallic nodules and cobalt crusts, are ore deposits of geobiological interest because of their enrichment in transition metals such as Ni, Cu, Co, Mo, Li, and rare… read more here.
Keywords: matter cell; organomineralization deep; seabed polymetallic; nodules matter ... See more keywords
Threatened cetaceans in a potential deep seabed mining region, Clarion Clipperton Zone, Eastern Pacific, August 2023
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DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1511075
Abstract: The Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) of the Eastern Pacific is an ~ 6 million km2 abyssal area punctuated by seamounts. The CCZ is a focus for potential mining, although this is not, as yet, a… read more here.
Keywords: eastern pacific; clarion clipperton; clipperton zone; mining ... See more keywords
Revisiting the “Responsibility to Ensure”: Two-Line Standards of the Sponsoring State’s National Legislation on Deep Seabed Mining
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DOI: 10.3390/su15108095
Abstract: The deep seabed mining regime is composed of international legislation and domestic counterparts. International legislation emanates from the International Seabed Authority (ISA) under the mandate of UNCLOS, which is currently in the accelerated process of… read more here.
Keywords: national legislation; legislation; sponsoring state; seabed mining ... See more keywords