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Appendices
Finally, stakeholder involvement was analysed in the medium term.
With respect to the scenarios, the place of marine mineral resources was discussed and several non-exclusive stances for the national strategy were debated:
• a national position essentially targeting the reinforcement of a skills cluster in
France and the development of national technological know-how (selective approach), possibly with allies,
• a strategy geared towards scientific knowledge for the purposes of exploration,
inventory and preservation, with a strict approach to environmental issues and
concern for the preservation of EEZs,
• a European stance, for all areas of European legitimacy (possibly ranging as far
as the pooling of EEZs in the long term, a shared fleet, a joint agency…), driven
by wide-reaching research: knowledge of environments, technical and economic
aspects,
• a strategic and economic approach to marine mineral resources as resources to
be managed, aiming to establish a development sector in the long term from
exploration to exploitation,
• an open stance, aiming to make maximum use of national assets, skills and
know-how.
• After analysing the challenges for each scenario and comparing the scenarios
and possible stances, the options for the national development strategy were
identified for each scenario.
Scenarios
Challenges for the National Strategy in Scenario A “Crises and Barriers,
Political Tensions”
In a climate of growing tension, we observe reduced market fluidity, leading to the
introduction of autonomous supply strategies in most major countries. States with
an EEZ increase their control of potential deposits in these zones and restrict the
Table A.7 Relevance of possible stances for the national strategy by scenario
Scenario
Position
A. Economic
crisis: conflicts
United States
China
B. “Go with the
flow”; business
as usual; cycles
C. “Reactive:
top exit”;
global crisis,
collective
responses
Skills cluster; technological development
through partnerships
+
+
+
Knowledge, inventory and preservation
strategy (sustainable development)
(+)
+/−
+ +
European umbrella and targeted research
+
+ +
Resource security strategy (supply, power)
geared towards industrial sectors
+
Open skill development stance
+
+/−
+
Appendices
Finally, stakeholder involvement was analysed in the medium term.
With respect to the scenarios, the place of marine mineral resources was discussed and several non-exclusive stances for the national strategy were debated:
• a national position essentially targeting the reinforcement of a skills cluster in
France and the development of national technological know-how (selective approach), possibly with allies,
• a strategy geared towards scientific knowledge for the purposes of exploration,
inventory and preservation, with a strict approach to environmental issues and
concern for the preservation of EEZs,
• a European stance, for all areas of European legitimacy (possibly ranging as far
as the pooling of EEZs in the long term, a shared fleet, a joint agency…), driven
by wide-reaching research: knowledge of environments, technical and economic
aspects,
• a strategic and economic approach to marine mineral resources as resources to
be managed, aiming to establish a development sector in the long term from
exploration to exploitation,
• an open stance, aiming to make maximum use of national assets, skills and
know-how.
• After analysing the challenges for each scenario and comparing the scenarios
and possible stances, the options for the national development strategy were
identified for each scenario.
Scenarios
Challenges for the National Strategy in Scenario A “Crises and Barriers,
Political Tensions”
In a climate of growing tension, we observe reduced market fluidity, leading to the
introduction of autonomous supply strategies in most major countries. States with
an EEZ increase their control of potential deposits in these zones and restrict the
Table A.7 Relevance of possible stances for the national strategy by scenario
Scenario
Position
A. Economic
crisis: conflicts
United States
China
B. “Go with the
flow”; business
as usual; cycles
C. “Reactive:
top exit”;
global crisis,
collective
responses
Skills cluster; technological development
through partnerships
+
+
+
Knowledge, inventory and preservation
strategy (sustainable development)
(+)
+/−
+ +
European umbrella and targeted research
+
+ +
Resource security strategy (supply, power)
geared towards industrial sectors
+
Open skill development stance
+
+/−
+