Environmental impact assessments for deep-sea mining: can we improve their future effectiveness?
Clark, M.R.; Durden, J.M.; Christiansen, S. (2018)
Marine Policy
Highlights
Shortcomings in environmental impact assessments for deep-sea mining are identified.
Recommendations are made for how to improve the science underpinning EIAs.
Higher quality EIAs will increase their uptake by managers and their effectiveness in decision-making.
Scientific studies are key to the EIA process, but final decision-making is a complex evaluation of environmental, social, economic and political components.
Keywords
Seabed mining, Environmental impact assessment, Environmental management, Deep sea, Impacts
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