Comment from Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)OpposeAdvocacy
Summary: A coalition of 61 organizations is urging NOAA to deny deep-seabed mining exploration licenses to American Metal Resources, LLC and SeaX, Inc. in the Clarion Clipperton Zone. They argue that there is insufficient scientific knowledge to protect the marine environment, that the projects are technologically and economically unfeasible, and that unilateral licensing would violate international law and the "common heritage of mankind" principle.
Comment from 61 organizations (AbibiNsroma Foundation et al.) (upload 1)
Attachments
- AbibiNsroma Foundation et al comments_AMR and SeaX_exploration license apps (PDF)
- AbibiNsroma Foundation source index AMR SeaX (PDF)
- Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI_signatories 48_263 (PDF)
- Amon et al_Asessment of scientific gaps (PDF)
- Antigua Convention (PDF)
- Barnard and Trytten_Seabed Mining Technoeconomic Assessment_comp (PDF)
- BirdLife International_Clipperton Fracture Zone Petrel Foraging Area (PDF)
- Center for Biological Diversity Case settlement (PDF)
- Christie et al_Simple study designs in ecology produce inaccurate estimates (PDF)
- Clark et al. 2010_The ecology of seamounts (PDF)
- Convention for the Establishment of an Interamerican Tropical Tuna Commission (PDF)
- Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (PDF)
- Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Act 2019 (PDF)
- Currie testimony_HHRG-119-II15 (PDF)
- David. 2002. Heavy metal concentrations in marine sediments impacted by a mine-tailings spill (PDF)
- De Souza -Discodermolide A Marine Natural Product Against Cancer (PDF)
- Deep Sea Conservation Coalition - Momentum for a Moratorium (PDF)
- Dobush and Warner_Deep sea mining isnt worth the risk (PDF)
- Dowd_Deep-sea mining discharge can disrupt midwater food webs 2025 (PDF)
- Filer et al_How PNG lost US120 million and the future of deep-sea mining (PDF)