Deep-Sea Mining With No Net Loss of Biodiversity—An Impossible Aim

Deep-Sea Mining With No Net Loss of Biodiversity—An Impossible Aim

Deep-sea mining is likely to result in biodiversity loss, and the significance of this to ecosystem function is not known. “Out of kind” biodiversity offsets substituting one ecosystem type (e.g., coral reefs) for another (e.g., abyssal nodule fields) have been proposed to compensate for such loss....

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Main Authors: Holly J. Niner, Jeff A. Ardron, Elva G. Escobar, Matthew Gianni, Aline Jaeckel, Daniel O. B. Jones, Lisa A. Levin, Craig R. Smith, Torsten Thiele, Phillip J. Turner, Cindy L. Van Dover, Les Watling, Kristina M. Gjerde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
no net loss
biodiversity offsetting
compensation
mitigation hierarchy
deep-sea mining
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2018.00053/full

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