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

TRIDENT旨在通过开发一个可靠、透明和具有成本效益的系统，对深海勘探和开采活动进行预测和持续的环境影响监测，从而促进海底矿产资源的可持续开发。该系统将开发并集成技术和新颖的解决方案，在极端条件下在偏远地区自主运行，并向许可和监管部门提供实时数据。将要建立的有效监测和检查制度将符合国际和国家法律框架。TRIDENT将确定所有相关的物理、化学、地质和生物参数，以便在海面、水中和海底进行测量。该项目还将确定现有数据集中的差距，并制定解决方案。这些是制定统计上可靠的环境基线、建立良好环境状况的可靠指标和确定重大影响的阈值，从而使工具和方法标准化的必要步骤。该项目财团随后将开发和测试一个静态和移动观测平台的综合系统，该系统配备了最新的自动传感器和采样器，以在具有代表性的空间和时间尺度上测量采矿和参考地区的环境参数。为了支持防止对环境造成严重危害的快速行动，该系统将实施高容量数据处理管道，能够近乎实时地收集、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，以预测使用已开发的监测和缓解方法对环境的潜在影响

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