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Title:

Environmental Impact Assessment of a Phosphate Mining off the Namibian Coast – A Pilot Project

Author(s):
Solbakken R
Publication Year:
2014
Abstract:

Background for The Pilot Project: Namibian costal waters are one of the most biologically productive upwelling areas in the world: these waters support living resources which live and breed at the coastal waters off Namibia. These areas are rich in mineral resources at the seabed, including deposits of phosphates which are potential mining commodity for fertilizer.

Meeting Name:
Norwegian forum for development cooperation in fisheries, aquaculture and aquatic environment
Place:
Oslo, Norway
Item Type:
Presentation
Language:
en
Keywords:
Benguela Current, mining, Atlantic Ocean, phosphate removal, phosphate, ocean circulation, strip mining, sea bed mining, sea circulation, mine, marine sediment, marine pollution, marine resources conservation, coastal area, coastal pollution, coast, coastal environment
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