Key points
- IOM delegate Kamila Mianowicz attended the DeepGreen/Nori Global Stakeholder Workshop in San Diego on 5 and 6 February 2020.
- The workshop formed part of the DeepGreen and Nori consultation programme on environmental and social impacts of sourcing metals from nodules.
- Attendees included the scientific community, NGOs, government officials, contractors and the International Seabed Authority.
- The programme is intended to lead to an application to approve a plan of work for nodule exploitation in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone.
San Diego (USA) The IOM delegate, Kamila Mianowicz, took part in the DeepGreen/Nori Global Stakeholder Workshop held in San Diego (USA), 5-6 February 2020. The workshop was a part of DG/Nori consultation programme to assess the environmental and social impacts (ESIA program) of sourcing metals from nodules found on the seabed in the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ). Representatives of scientific community, NGOs, governmental officials, contractors, the International Seabed Authority and other stakeholders were introduced to the DG/Nori program of activities which will lead to application for approval of Plan of Work for exploitation of polymetallic nodules from the seabed. As a side event, a visit to the vessel Maersk Launcher was organized.
