Environmental Issues of Deep-Sea Mining
Impacts, Consequences and Policy Perspectives
Editors: Sharma, Rahul (Ed.)
Free Preview- Discusses issues related to potential environmental impacts associated with deep-sea mining
- Addresses the requirements for proper environmental management for sustainable deep-sea mining
- Presents information and data from global experts for researchers, contractors, mining companies, regulators, and NGOs
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This volume discusses environmental issues associated with deep-sea mining, with an emphasis on potential impacts, their consequences and the policy perspectives. The book describes the methods and technologies to assess, monitor and mitigate mining impacts on marine environments, and also suggests various approaches for environmental management when conducting deep-sea mining. The volume brings together information and data for researchers, contractors, mining companies, regulators, and NGOs working in the field of deep-sea mining.
Section 1 highlights the various environmental issues and discusses methods and approaches that can help in developing environmentally sustainable deep-sea mining.
Section 2 details the results and outcomes of studies related to impact assessment of deep-sea mining, and proposes methods for monitoring.
Section 3 discusses the need and means for developing data standards and their application to deep-sea mining.
Section 4 discusses the policies, approaches, and practices related to deep-sea mining, suggests formats for developing environmental impact statements (EIS) and environmental management plans (EMP), and describes national and international regulations for environmental management.
Section 5 concludes the text by putting deep-sea economic activities into an environmental context and conducting techno-economic analyses of deep-sea mining and processing. - About the authors
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Dr. Rahul Sharma (retired) was a Chief Scientist at the National Institute of Oceanography in Goa, India. He received his PhD in Marine Science from Goa University in 1997. His research interests include development of underwater photography for deep-sea exploration, environmental impact assessment for deep-sea mining, and application of environmental data for deep-sea mining and environmental conservation. He is the editor of the book on 'Deep-sea mining: resource potential, technical and environmental considerations' published by Springer in 2017 and has undertaken several assignments for international research organizations, academic institutions and the International Seabed Authority.
- Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Deep-Sea Mining and the Environment: An Introduction
Pages 3-22
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Environmental Issues of Deep-Sea Mining: A Law of the Sea Perspective
Pages 23-26
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Environmental Impacts of Nodule, Crust and Sulphide Mining: An Overview
Pages 27-62
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Towards an Ecosystem Approach to Environmental Impact Assessment for Deep-Sea Mining
Pages 63-94
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Technologies for Safe and Sustainable Mining of Deep-Seabed Minerals
Pages 95-143
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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- Book Title
- Environmental Issues of Deep-Sea Mining
- Book Subtitle
- Impacts, Consequences and Policy Perspectives
- Editors
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- Rahul Sharma
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-12696-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-12696-4
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-12695-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVII, 577
- Number of Illustrations
- 35 b/w illustrations, 182 illustrations in colour
- Topics
