{"product_id":"9783031927393","title":"Deep-Sea Mining Management, Policy and Regulation Data Management, Environmental Monitoring, Techno-Economic Assessment, Law of the Sea and Regulatory Regimes","description":"\u003ch1\u003eDeep-Sea Mining Management, Policy and Regulation\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eData Management, Environmental Monitoring, Techno-Economic Assessment, Law of the Sea and Regulatory Regimes\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRahul Sharma\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Earth Sciences \/ Oceanography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eDeep-sea mining is currently in a critical phase wherein, detailed resource estimation has led to identification of potentially rich areas on the seafloor that can be mined, as well as testing of pre-prototype seabed mining machines and establishment of pilot plants for processing of deep-sea minerals is underway. This coupled with rigorous environmental data collection along with impact assessment of simulated as well as test mining is not only providing requisite information for likely impacts for development of predictive models \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebut also for developing mitigation measures to minimise such impacts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eInterest in mining the seafloor deposits as potential source of critical metals has been enhanced in the current century owing to the rising population and consumer demands, as well as the fact that these minerals contain battery metals such as Co, Ni, Mn besides copper that can help transition to green energy alternatives. However, concerns over ecological impacts on marine ecosystems and those related to economic, social and cultural implications need to be addressed for ensuring sustainable mining of seabed mineral resources.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eWith this in view, this fifth book in the series of ‘Deep-sea Mining’, focusses on issues related to management, policy and regulation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe book is divided into the following five sections:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: .2pt; text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI – General issues on resource potential and future prospects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: .2pt; text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eII – Resource and environmental data management\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: .2pt; text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003eIII – Approaches towards environmental monitoring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: .2pt; text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003eIV – Techno-economic considerations for commercial deep-sea mining\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: .2pt; text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eV – Implementation of Law of the sea and Establishment of Mining code\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eChapters in this volume have been contributed by experts having decades of experience in their respective fields with an aim to provide key insights towards operationalisation of different aspects of deep-sea mining. This information is expected to serve as \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereference material for all stake holders including researchers, contractors, mining companies, regulators as well as NGOs involved in deep-sea mining and marine environmental conservation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: .2pt; text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003eRahul Sharma (Ph.D.), is a Consultant on Deep-sea Mining and Former Chief Scientist, National Institute of Oceanography, India, having an experience of 4 decades in the field of deep-sea minerals exploration, environmental impact assessment and economic assessment of deep-sea mining.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: .2pt; text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003eHe has been a guest editor of 3 special issues of international journals, besides writing more than 65 papers and articles in international scientific journals as well as presenting papers at about 60 conferences around the world. He has also contributed a chapter on ‘Environmental consequences of deep-sea mining’ in the Oxford Encyclopaedia. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: .2pt; text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003eHis assignments include Visiting Scientist to Japan, Visiting Professor to Saudi Arabia, and Member of the UNIDO mission ‘to assess the status of Deep-sea mining technologies' in Europe, USA and Japan. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: .2pt; text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003ePreviously, he has edited 4 books in Deep-sea Mining series, viz. Deep-sea Mining (2017), Environmental issues of Deep-sea Mining (2019), Perspectives on Deep-sea Mining (2022) and Deep-sea Mining and the Water Column (2024), all published by Springer Nature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHannah Lily\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783031927393\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e525\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Hannah Lily","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52369071341708,"sku":"9783031927393","price":161.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031927393.jpg?v=1786627433","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783031927393","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}