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Justin Alger1, Jessica F Green2, Kate J Neville2
1School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Abstract:
Deep-sea mining of the international seabed could begin soon, despite concerns about its ecological consequences. We join others calling for a ban on international seabed mining, but for a different reason: it is a multi-billion-dollar solution to problems that do not exist. We refute three pro-extraction arguments-about (1) mineral scarcity, (2) social benefits, and (3) economic benefits-that misrepresent the state of the mining industry and mineral supply chains.
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