Experts come up with plan for protecting deep-sea life from mining

Mining.com reports that aninternational team of researchers has developed a set of criteria to help the International Seabed Authority (ISA) protect biodiversity from deep-sea mining activities.

The guidelines, published this monthin the journalScience Advancesand the result of a three-year international effort, should help identify areas of particular environmental importance where no mining should occur.

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