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DeepSeaMineralSanDtheGreeneconoMy
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Deep Sea Minerals and the
Green Economy
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DEEP SEA MINERALS
Editedby
ElaineBakerandYannickBeaudoin
COBALT-RICH FERROMANGANESECRUSTS
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Cobalt-rich Ferromanganes Crusts
A physical, biological, environmental, and technical review
1C
DEEP SEA MINERALS
EditedbyElaineBakerandYannickBeaudoin
MANGANESENODULES 1
Manganese Nodules
A physical, biological, environmental, and techni
l review 1B
DEEP SEA MINERALS
EditedbyElaineBakerandYannickBeaudoinSEA-FLOORMASSIVESULPHIDES
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Sea-Floor Massive Sulp ides
A physical, biological, environmental, and technical review 1A
DEEP SEA MINERALS
Editedby
ElaineBakerandYannickBeaudoin
and Minerals Resources in collaboration with other Fijian
agencies (Roads, Health, Forestry, Lands, Statistics). The
Solomon Islands is discussing the establishment of
SoLIS – the Solomon Islands Land Information System.
GRID-Arendal, as lead for the Task 6: Environmental
Considerations on the EU Deep Sea Mining Policy
report commissioned by the EU Directorate-General for
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE)36 and led
by Ecorys, delivered its outputs on time and on budget.
This effort, aimed at informing EU policy makers, is a
direct consequence of GRID-Arendal’s work on deep sea
minerals and mining in the Pacific region.
‘Habitat Mapping in Estonia’ is an EU-funded project
in collaboration with the University of Turku. GRID-
Positive feedback on Deep Sea Minerals booklets
Extract from an e-mail received from A Swaddling,
Environment Advisor, Deep Sea Minerals Project, SPC,
18 February 2014, on the Deep Sea Minerals booklets
published at the end of 2013 (see
publications/deep-sea-minerals):
“I am tasked to disseminate environmental information on
Deep Sea Minerals to build capacity in the region, as well as
increase public awareness … The production of the Deep Sea
Minerals booklet series is a fantastic achievement. I would like
to use some of the imagery and graphics …”
SIGNIFICANT OUTCOME MC
Replicating PacGeo
Recently our SOPAC partner was invited to demonstrate
PacGeo to Australian Government GIS experts from 13
agencies at a meeting in Canberra organised by Geoscience
Australia. PacGeo is considered to be amodel for web services
delivery of marine data and information and a similar system
is being deployed by the Australian Governmen.
SIGNIFICANT OUTCOME MC
3D view of the bathymetry of the Estonian
exclusive economic zone
36.