VentBase: Developing a consensus among stakeholders in the deep-sea regarding environmental impact assessment for deep-sea mining-A workshop report

Marine Policy

Volumn 42, Issue , 2013, Pages 334-336

  Colman Collins, Patrick ^a   Kennedy, Bob ^a   Copley, Jon ^b   Boschen, Rachel ^c   Fleming, Nicholas ^d   Forde, James ^a   Ju, Se Jong ^e   Lindsay, Dhugal ^f   Marsh, Leigh ^b   Nye, Verity ^b   Patterson, Adrian ^a   Watanabe, Hirome ^f   Yamamoto, Hiroyuki ^f   Carlsson, Jens ^g   David Thaler, Andrew ^h  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^f JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseline study; Deep sea mining; Environmental impact assessment; Hydrothermal vent; Seafloor massive sulfide

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINING; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SPATIAL DATA; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84878415356     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2013.03.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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