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Table of Contents
FOREWORD 8
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 10
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 13
PART I
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
PART II
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
REGULATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEABED
AUTHORITY FOR EXPLORATION FOR DEEP SEABED
POLYMETALLIC NODULES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR THE EFFECTIVE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE
ENVIRONMENT FROM HARMFUL EFFECTS WHICH
MAY ARISE FROM EXPLORATION/MINING
The legal framework for deep-seabed polymetallic
nodule exploration
Mr.Jean-Pierre Lenoble
Overview of the Authority’s regulations and
recommendations to ensure the effective protection of
the marine environment from harmful effects that may
arise from activities in the area
Mr. Jean-Pierre Lenoble
Current state of knowledge of deep-sea ecosystems,
proposed technologies for polymetallic nodule mining
and expected impacts from mining tests during
exploration
Professor Craig R Smith
RESULTS AND STANDARDS FROM PREVIOUS SEABED
MINING ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Priorities for environmental impact analysis of deepseabed
mining
Dr Charles Morgan
Parameters and standards for assessing sedimentary
and manganese nodule facies in a potential mining
area in the Peru Basin
Dr Michael Wiedicke-Hombach
Data standards utilized in the environmental studies of
the China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and
Development Association (COMRA)
Dr Huiayang Zhou
Data standards utilized in the environmental studies of
the Department of Ocean Development, India
Dr M Ravindran
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