by Alex Benkenstein published in SAIIA (South Africa Institute of International Affairs) Policy Briefing No 87, April 2014
In his Executive Summary the author mentions that “this briefing provides some detail on the Namibian experience, where opposition by environmental groups and the country’s fishing industry has led to a moratorium on the proposed seabed mining of phosphates”.
His concluding paragraph reads as follows:
Namibia’s experience in responding to proposed seabed mining activities highlights the need for national ocean governance policies, planning frameworks such as marine spatial planning, and institutional structures that would facilitate the inter-departmental co-operation needed to respond to the divergent and increasingly complex demands placed on the marine environments of African states. The Namibian experience further illustrates the need for well-governed, comprehensive and credible EIA processes”.
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