Governance of the South West Indian Ocean Seamounts

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dc.conference.date09/07/2018en
dc.conference.titleScience to Policy Meeting before the 9th COP of the Nairobi Convention
dc.contributor.organizationEcosystems Division
dc.contributor.otherGalletti, Florence
dc.contributor.otherMarsac, Francis
dc.contributor.otherTernon, Jean-François
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-05T07:30:41Z
dc.date.available2018-08-05T07:30:41Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionSeamounts are mostly located on mid-oceanic rifts or intra-plate hot spots. There ~1000 large seamounts in South West Indian Ocean, of which half are listed within EEZs. Because of their volcanic origin, seamounts contain mineral resources. Their extraction cost remains prohibitive to be profitable (but the situation could change in the coming decades).en
dc.description.treatyNairobi Convention
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/25920
dc.languageEnglish
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectIndian Ocean region
dc.subjectmarine resource
dc.subject.sdgSDG 14 - Life below Water
dc.titleGovernance of the South West Indian Ocean Seamountsen
dc.typeMeeting resource

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