United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL2556
Deep Sea Mining
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8 September 2021
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22 September 2021 · Answer
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22 September 2021
Summary
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk that industrial-scale deep seabed mining will (1) damage ocean ecosystems, and (2) lead to permanent biodiversity loss.
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8 September 2021
Written question
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk that industrial-scale deep seabed mining will (1) damage ocean ecosystems, and (2) lead to permanent biodiversity loss.
Source: Lords
22 September 2021
Answer
The UK recognises the growing pressure to extract deep-sea resources, and is deeply concerned about the potential impacts of mining activities on the fragile marine environment. We have commissioned an independent review of the existing literature in rela...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-09-08/HL2556
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1354120
- uk · wq-1354120 · source updated 22 September 2021