National Academies to Develop Research Strategy for Seabed Critical Mineral Mining
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This document announces a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine study to develop a research strategy for seabed mining of critical minerals. The ad hoc committee will assess technological feasibility, economic potential, environmental baselines at proposed mining sites, and social/cultural/economic impacts including cumulative effects and mitigation strategies. The document also discloses an unavoidable conflict of interest regarding committee member Jessica Fitzsimmons, as per National Academies policy.
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An exception to this prohibition is permitted if the National Academies determines that the conflict is unavoidable and the conflict is publicly disclosed.
This project will include an overview of the technological feasibility and economic potential of extracting seabed minerals; identification of information needed to establish baselines in habitats found at proposed mining sites and surrounding areas; and the potential social, cultural, and economic impacts of seabed mining.
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