Technology based impact assessment tool foR sustaInable, transparent Deep sEa miNing exploraTion and exploitation

基于技术的影响评估工具，用于可持续、透明的深海采矿勘探和开发

• 批准号: 10069453
• 金额: $ 36.89万
• 依托单位: H R WALLINGFORD LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: EU-Funded
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10069453
• 关键词: Technology; based; impact; assessment; tool

TRIDENT aims to contribute to a sustainable exploitation of seabed mineral resources, by developing a reliable, transparent and cost effective system for prediction and continuous environmental impact monitoring of exploration and exploitation activitiesin the deep sea. This system will develop and integrate technology and novel solutions to operate autonomously in remote areas under extreme conditions, and provide real-time data to permitting and supervising authorities. The effective monitoring and inspection system to be developed will comply with international and national legal frameworks. TRIDENT will identify all relevant physical, chemical, geological and biological parameters to be measured at the sea surface, mid-water and seabed. The project will also identify gaps in existing data sets and develop solutions to address them. These are essential steps to develop statistically robust environmental baselines, establish reliable indicators of good environmental status and define thresholds for significant impact, enabling the standardization of tools and methods. The project consortium will subsequently develop and test an integrated system of static and mobile observatory platforms equipped with the latest automatic sensors and samplers to measure environmental parameters on mining and reference areas at representative spatial and temporal scales. To support quick actions for preventing serious harm to the environment, the system will implement high-capacity data handling pipelines able to collect, transmit, process and display monitoring data in near real time. Finally, we will provide technological and systemic solutions for forecasting potential environmental impacts of using the developed monitoring and mitigation methods

三叉戟旨在通过开发一个可靠、透明和具有成本效益的系统来预测和持续监测深海勘探和开采活动的环境影响，从而促进海底矿物资源的可持续开发。该系统将开发和整合技术和新颖的解决方案，以便在极端条件下在偏远地区自主运行，并向许可和监管当局提供实时数据。将建立的有效监测和视察系统将符合国际和国家法律框架。三叉戟将确定将在海面、水中和海床测量的所有相关物理、化学、地质和生物参数。该项目还将找出现有数据集中的差距，并制定解决办法来解决这些差距。这些是制定可靠的统计环境基线、建立良好环境状况的可靠指标和确定产生重大影响的门槛、使工具和方法标准化的关键步骤。该项目联合体随后将开发和测试配备最新自动传感器和采样器的静态和移动观测平台的综合系统，以在具有代表性的空间和时间尺度上测量采矿和参照区的环境参数。为支持防止对环境造成严重损害的快速行动，该系统将实施大容量数据处理管道，能够近实时地收集、传输、处理和显示监测数据。最后，我们将提供技术和系统的解决方案，以预测使用开发的监测和缓解方法可能产生的环境影响。