DEEP-SEA mining: Policy options to preserve the last frontier - Lessons from Antarctica’s mineral resource convention - ScienceDirect

• Antarctic mineral resource regime provides timely solutions to DSM regulations. • Need to recognize dependent and associated deep-sea ecosystems in ISA regulations. • CRAMRA operationalizes precautionary approach with sufficient information requirement. • Framework and function for an independent scientific committee within ISA. Antarctic mineral resource regime provides timely solutions to DSM regulations. Need to recognize dependent and associated deep-sea ecosystems in ISA regulations. CRAMRA operationalizes precautionary approach with sufficient information requirement. Framework and function for an independent scientific committee within ISA. Today the International Seabed Authority (ISA), through its member States, is in the process of developing regulations to govern deep-sea mineral mining in areas beyond national jurisdiction, with self-imposed regulatory deadlines of July 2020. Given the complexities of the ISA's dual responsibility to both develop and protect the se

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