Deep-sea Mining: The environmental implications of deep-sea mining need to be comprehensively assessed - Issue Note

This Issues Note provides a review of the latest literature on specific topics that are of relevance to UNEP’s mandate as outlined in “The future we want: outcome of the Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20-22 June 2012; paragraph 88”. It also presents a set of agreed approaches and recommendations regarding UNEP’s communication of the subject matter.