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• Regulation of international system.
• NGOs and environmental issues (perceptions).
• Possible pathways for the European Union.
Specific Context Exogenous Variables
• Changes in pressure on resources (economic, political).
• Place of metals in the economy, critical metals.
• Place of the sea and level of safety at sea.
• Legal aspects (ISA).
• Stakeholder involvement: States and mining industry (safety, access to technologies…).
• Supply, diversification, recovery and substitution policies.
Endogenous Variables
• Place of deep-sea mineral resources as resources.
• Stakeholders.
• Exploration and scientific collaboration.
• Deposit exploitation.
• Environmental impact of exploitation.
• Mineral processing and metallurgy.
Technological
INTERMEDIATE CONTEXT
(sectors, players, challenges...)
DSMR
Deposits,
their development
Legal
Environmental
Societal
Economic
Fig. 1.7 Aspects analysed in the study of variables relating to deep-sea mineral resources. (Source:
Gerpa)
Y. Fouquet and D. Lacroix
• Regulation of international system.
• NGOs and environmental issues (perceptions).
• Possible pathways for the European Union.
Specific Context Exogenous Variables
• Changes in pressure on resources (economic, political).
• Place of metals in the economy, critical metals.
• Place of the sea and level of safety at sea.
• Legal aspects (ISA).
• Stakeholder involvement: States and mining industry (safety, access to technologies…).
• Supply, diversification, recovery and substitution policies.
Endogenous Variables
• Place of deep-sea mineral resources as resources.
• Stakeholders.
• Exploration and scientific collaboration.
• Deposit exploitation.
• Environmental impact of exploitation.
• Mineral processing and metallurgy.
Technological
INTERMEDIATE CONTEXT
(sectors, players, challenges...)
DSMR
Deposits,
their development
Legal
Environmental
Societal
Economic
Fig. 1.7 Aspects analysed in the study of variables relating to deep-sea mineral resources. (Source:
Gerpa)