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 the current scientific knowledge is insufficient to protect the marine environment, that the activities would violate international law and the "common heritage of mankind" principle, and that the applications fail to meet the requirements of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act.
Comment from 61 organizations (AbibiNsroma Foundation et al.) (upload 2)
Attachments
- AbibiNsroma Foundation et al comments_AMR and SeaX_exploration license apps (PDF)
- AbibiNsroma Foundation source index AMR SeaX (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)