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 proposed 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 3)
Attachments
- AbibiNsroma Foundation et al comments_AMR and SeaX_exploration license apps (PDF)
- AbibiNsroma Foundation source index AMR SeaX (PDF)
- Simon Lledo_Biological effects (PDF)
- Smith et al_Deep Sea Misconceptions (PDF)
- Smith et al_Editorial Biodiversity Connectivity and Ecosystem Function (PDF)
- Southall et al_Final report of the Independent Scientific Review Panel (PDF)
- Stutt_Nautilus Minerals officially sinks shares still trading (PDF)
- Sweetman et al. 2024. Evidence of dark oxygen production at the abyssal seafloor (PDF)
- Tara Helfman_The Dread Pirate Who (PDF)
- Thompson et al_Urgent assessment needed (PDF)
- Transocean_Corporate Governance (PDF)
- Transocean_Transocean Invests in Exploration of Seabed Minerals (PDF)
- Transocean_Working with OML (PDF)
- Troy et al. 2013. Using observed seabord fallout records to infer patterns of attraction to artificial light (PDF)
- U.S. Department of State_Assistant Secretary Monica Medina Remarks (PDF)
- UNCLOS and Annexes (PDF)
- Van Der Grient and Drazen_Evaluating deep sea communities susceptibility (PDF)
- Van Der Grient_Potential spatial intersection_comp (PDF)
- Vanreusel et al_Threatened by mining polymetallic nodules (PDF)
- Vonnahme_Effects of a deep sea mining experiment 26 years later (PDF)