Comment from Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)OpposeAdvocacy
Summary: A coalition of 61 organizations, represented by the NRDC, urges NOAA to deny deep-seabed mining exploration licenses for American Metal Resources, LLC and SeaX, Inc. in the Clarion Clipperton Zone. They argue that there is insufficient scientific knowledge to ensure environmental protection and that mining would cause irreversible damage to biodiversity and marine ecosystems.
Comment from 61 organizations (AbibiNsroma Foundation et al.) (upload 2)
Attachments
- AbibiNsroma Foundation source index AMR SeaX (PDF)
- AbibiNsroma Foundation et al comments_AMR and SeaX_exploration license apps (PDF)
- Halpin et al_OBIS-SEAMAP (PDF)
- Hilmi et al. 2023. Deep sea nature-based solutions to climate change (PDF)
- Hwang et al. 2020. Photoprotective activity of Topsentin (PDF)
- Iceberg Res_The Metals Company TMC_comp (PDF)
- ISA_Environmental management plan for the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (PDF)
- Judah et al_Deep-sea mining risks for sharks rays and chimaeras (PDF)
- Keating Bitonti_Interest in Seabed Mining in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (PDF)
- Koschinsky et al_Interdisciplinary research on potential (PDF)
- Labbe_Deep sea miner sues rival (PDF)
- Lejzerowicz_Eukaryotic Biodiversity and Spatial Patterns in the CCZ (PDF)
- Longcore Rich. 2004. Ecological light pollution (PDF)
- Miljutin et al. 2011. Deep-sea nematode assemblage has not recovered 26 years after experimental mining (PDF)
- Morato_Seamounts-are-hotspots-of-pelagic-biodiversity-in-the-open-ocean (PDF)
- OBIS SEAMAP sea turtles in CCZ (PDF)
- OBIS SEAMAP sea turtles in CCZ (XLSX)
- OBIS-SEAMAP_specieslist_cetaceans (PDF)
- Odyssey Marine Exploration American Ocean Minerals Corporation Announce Filing of Registration (PDF)
- Rabone et al_How many metazoan species live in the worlds largest mineral exploration region (PDF)
- Schlacher_Seamount_benthos_in_a_cobalt-rich_crust_region_of_ (PDF)