Biological prospecting

C. Geo prospecting

In addition, biological prospecting is an emerging issue.

In addition, biological prospecting is an emerging issue.

Annex 1 Notification of intention to engage in prospecting

B. Prospecting and exploration for polymetallic sulphides and cobalt rich ferromanganese crusts deposits in the Area

(c) Ongoing assessment of available data relating to prospecting and exploration for polymetallic nodules in the CCZ

There is also a need to regulate the prospecting for and exploration of polymetallic sulphides and cobalt rich crusts.

The objective of this set of Regulations is to provide for prospecting and exploration for polymetallic sulphides and cobalt rich ferromanganese crusts.

(c) regulations means the Regulations for Prospecting and Exploration for Polymetallic Sulphides and Cobalt Crusts in the Area, adopted by the Authority.

Prospecting shall not be undertaken in an area covered by an approved plan of work for exploration for polymetallic sulphides or cobalt crusts or in a reserved area nor may there be prospecting in an area which the Council has disapproved for exploitation because of the risk of serious harm to the marine environment.

15. Notes the preliminary discussion of issues relating to the regulations for prospecting and exploration for polymetallic sulphides and cobalt rich crusts in the Area

The immediate priority for the Authority is the development of a regulatory regime for prospecting and exploration of polymetallic sulphides and cobalt rich ferromanganese crusts.

13. Notes the progress of the discussion of issues relating to the regulations for prospecting and exploration for polymetallic sulphides and cobalt rich crusts in the Area

But rising commodity prices are overcoming reluctance, and prospecting is generating a multitude of new discoveries.

Radioisotopes are used in all kinds of equipment in medicine, oil prospecting, agriculture and university research.

The International Seabed Authority is currently involved in the development of a legal regime for the prospecting and exploration of polymetallic sulphides and cobalt rich crusts.

Some recent sales of prospecting rights in Africa have been spectacularly deficient in terms of transparency and competition.

As required, the applicant has expended more than 30 million in research and prospecting in the deep seabed.

Attach a general description of the prospecting programme, including the date of commencement and the approximate duration of the programme.

Biological prospecting is an emerging sector based on increased cooperation between the private sectors, academic centres, medical centres and foundations.

Many Parties reported on options to increase domestic water supply these included prospecting for, and extraction of, deep groundwater, increasing storage capacity by building reservoirs and dams, and improving watershed management.

There can be a role for government programmes to assist small and medium sized enterprises with national and international market prospecting and to involve them in service delivery chains and maintenance and repair schemes for public facilities.

It is moving closer to realizing the goal of elaborating regulations for the prospecting and exploration of polymetallic sulphides and cobalt rich crusts in the international seabed area and for the conservation of biodiversity in the seabed.

This, in turn, requires a proper procedure, based on transparent competition, for the initial sale of prospecting rights, as well as a well designed tax system to collect revenues from subsequent corporate profits.

His Government continued to protest against and to reject all unilateral actions concerning the territory under dispute, including seismic prospecting for hydrocarbons and the sale of fishing licences in the area under dispute.

We don't really know why scytodes needs such a tough dragline, but it's unexpected results like this that make bio prospecting so exciting and worthwhile.

Note by the Secretariat For the most part, the text of the draft regulations proposed by the Legal and Technical Commission follows the official text of the Regulations for prospecting and exploration for polymetallic nodules in the Area (ISBA 6 A 18).

At its 93rd meeting, on 2 June 2004, the Council took up the draft regulations on prospecting and exploration for polymetallic sulphides and cobalt rich ferromanganese crusts contained in document ISBA 10 C WP.1.

Israel and Cyprus are planning joint exploration Israel and Greece are discussing a pipeline Turkey and Lebanon are prospecting and Egypt is planning to license exploration.

14. Notes with satisfaction the first examination by the Council of the International Seabed Authority ( the Authority ) of annual reports on prospecting and exploration for polymetallic nodules in the Area submitted by contractors to the Authority

During the Authority's eleventh session, the Authority made significant progress with regard to the draft regulations on prospecting and exploration for polymetallic sulphides and cobalt rich crusts submitted to it by the Legal and Technical Commission.

The agreement involves partnerships between the State owned oil companies of the three countries in projects on oil prospecting, refining and transportation as well as ship construction.

To address these requirements the Commission devoted 9 out of 43 regulations of the draft regulations on prospecting and exploration for polymetallic sulphides and cobalt rich ferromanganese crusts to the protection and preservation of the marine environment.

It was noted that, compared to the regulations on prospecting and exploration for polymetallic nodules, the draft regulations on polymetallic sulphides and cobalt rich crusts contained additional provisions aimed at the protection and preservation of the marine environment.

Some recent sales of prospecting rights in Africa have been spectacularly deficient in terms of transparency and competition. In Guinea, for example, rights that appear to have been awarded without significant benefit to the public treasury were swiftly re sold for several billion euros.

Notification dated 28 July 2005 sent to member States by the Secretary General of the International Seabed Authority in accordance with regulation 20, paragraph 1 (c), of the Regulations on Prospecting and Exploration for Polymetallic Nodules in the Area

One member of the Council noted that small coastal States might not be able to monitor sufficiently the environmental effects of prospecting or exploration by contractors within its proximity.

(c) Over the past several years, wind developers have been prospecting windy sites across Canada and many large scale wind farms have been proposed in Quebec, Ontario and Alberta.

(g) prospecting means the search for deposits of polymetallic sulphides or cobalt crusts in the Area, including estimation of the composition, sizes and distributions of deposits of polymetallic sulphides or cobalt crusts and their economic values, without any exclusive rights

The standard clauses set out in annex 4 to the Regulations on Prospecting and Exploration for Polymetallic Sulphides and Cobalt rich Crusts in the Area shall be incorporated herein and shall have effect as if herein set out at length.

Information supplied by those satellites may be used to address a wide range of tasks in such fields as agriculture, climatology and weather forecasting, cartography, efficient land management, prospecting for mineral resources, forestry, water resource management and monitoring emergency situations.

Prior to the conclusion of the tenth session, the Council also had an opportunity to give preliminary consideration to the provisions of the draft regulations on prospecting and exploration for polymetallic sulphides and cobalt rich crusts in the Area.6

During the tenth session, the Legal and Technical Commission considered the draft regulations on prospecting and exploration for polymetallic sulphides and cobalt rich ferromanganese crusts in the Area, as contained in document ISBA 10 LTC WP.1, dated 30 January 2004.

The merits of bio prospecting have been examined carefully, and the returns are in fact very modest, ranging from just 0.20 per hectare in parts of California to 20 in Western Ecuador.