Comment from Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
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Summary: The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Defenders of Wildlife urge the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to immediately halt the leasing process for offshore minerals in Alaska. They argue that deep-sea mining poses significant risks to marine environments, wildlife, and Indigenous subsistence practices, and call for a moratorium or precautionary pause instead.
Comment from Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Defenders of Wildlife (upload 2)
Attachments
- NRDC and Defenders comment on Alaska RFI (PDF)
- NRDC and Defenders comment_source index (PDF)
- Clark et al. 2010_The ecology of seamounts (PDF)
- AK DFG_Ice Seal Tracking Maps Archive (PDF)
- AKDFG_Bearded seal uses (PDF)
- Alaska DFG_Commercial Fisheries Overview North sound and Kotzebue Management (PDF)
- Alaska DNR_Norton Sound (PDF)
- AMAPCAFFSDWG. 2013. Identification of Arctic marine areas_Part1 (PDF)
- AMAPCAFFSDWG. 2013. Identification of Arctic marine areas_Part3 (PDF)
- AMAPCAFFSDWG. 2013. Identification of Arctic marine areas_Part4 (PDF)
- Amon et al_Asessment of scientific gaps (PDF)
- ANCC Alaska Nannut Co Management Council_Polar Bear Harvestand Handicraft Guidelines (PDF)
- Bearded Seal Uses_Alaska Department of Fish and Game (PDF)
- BOEM_Critical minerals on the OCS (PDF)
- Boschen et al. 2013. Mining of deep-sea seafloor massive sulfides (PDF)
- Brower et al._Supplementary Descriptions (PDF)
- Brower et al_Biologically important areas II_comp (PDF)
- Bureau Mines_An Economic Renaissance (PDF)
- Buzard_Spatiotemporal Patterns_comp (PDF)
- Chapin III_Climate Change Impacts in the US_Alaska (PDF)