Lessons Learned for Deep Sea Mining

A

Analyze the impact of plumes and waste produced by Deep Sea Mining exploitation;

B

C

Create an open access platform with all Deep Sea Mining data available including biological and geological information;
Create an organized knowledge synthesis on Deep Sea Mining;
Create decision-making processes that are participative, transparent and allow for public deliberation;

D

Distinguish between occurrences and resources, in order to know what exists and its potential economic value;

E

Educate children on the importance of biodiversity and how to think about the environment responsibly;

F

Follow-up on motivated participants of how they used the knowledge obtained in workshops for their private and professional projects;

I

Identify what are the society perceptions and knowledge gaps to be considered in future planning of Deep Sea Mining research and innovation initiatives;
Improve efficient communication, generate plural debates and disseminate reliable data and information to convert vision into reality;
Increase awareness in the use of raw materials and their importance on our society;
Increase knowledge on deep sea minerals occurrences and their economic;
Inform in a wider manner all societal actors about the issue.
Invite additional stakeholders and communities to join the MARINA knowledge sharing platform and direct them to the results and materials related to Deep Sea Mining;

M

Make environmental impact assessment mandatory for Deep Sea Mining within the EU;

O

Oblige companies by contract to use 10% of their investment in an investigation in engineering design for mitigation of Deep Sea Mining during all the operation;

P

Promote public engagement actions to raise awareness to the urgency of deep sea mapping;
Protect the deep sea from mining, create laws that impose that deep sea mining is a non-profit activity and concert the deep sea into world heritage site;
Provide strong incentives to promote the circular economy;

S

Stakeholders are concerned that the authorities and the private companies will decide to advance with DSM without proper public consultation and without knowing sufficient about the deep sea;
Support local and international decision-makers in charge of evaluating if, when, how, by who and for what should Deep Sea Miningever take place;

T

The society believes that RRI will never be in full effect without a strong political will;
There is the need of a international coordination to identify the possible impacts of innovations;
Try to develop a stronger engagement between schools and the local authorities for the maintenances of basic infrastructure;

W

Work together (science, law, economics, policy) to give advice on seabed mining issues;

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