The terms “offset” and “reef balls” appear in the reference given in our paper, “International Marine Mitigation Bank” (IMMB, 2017), but our referencing is not precise. The following clarifications better direct readers to discussions held in relation to compensation and offsetting for deep-sea mining.
Managing impacts on deep-sea biodiversity, paragraph three: “We also consider the recent suggestion that biodiversity offsetting could be employed in the context of deep-seabed mining (ISA, 2016).”
Offset misuse, paragraph two: “For example, it has been suggested that damage in the deep sea from mining (which will inevitably involve biodiversity loss) might be compensated or offset through an “International Marine Mitigation Bank” (ECO, 2016; ISA, 2016; Fish Reef Project, 2017), which deploys “reef balls”—concrete substrata—to promote coral-reef habitat and biodiversity in shallow-water ecosystems.”
The authors state that these clarifications do not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way.
The original article has been updated.
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Conflict of interest
CV and LL received research support from Nautilus Minerals; CS received research support from UK Seabed Resources Development Limited. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
References
1
ISA (2016). ISA 2016 Speech: Observer Fish Reef Project, Agenda Item 8 Annual Report of the Secretary-General. Available online at: https://www.isa.org.jm/document/statement-fish-reef-project (Accessed March 15, 2018).
2
ECO (2016). Offsetting the Effects of Deep Sea Mining Activities. Environment Coastal & Offshore, 50–53. Available online at: https://www.ecomagazine.com/featured-stories/offsetting-the-effects-of-deep-sea-mining-activities (Accessed March 15, 2018).
3
Fish Reef Project (2017). ISA 2017 Speech. Available online at: http://www.fishreef.org/2017/08/frp-attends-2017-united-nations-seabed-authority-session/ (Accessed March 15, 2018).
Summary
Keywords
no net loss, biodiversity offsetting, compensation, mitigation hierarchy, deep-sea mining, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Citation
Niner HJ, Ardron JA, Escobar EG, Gianni M, Jaeckel A, Jones DOB, Levin LA, Smith CR, Thiele T, Turner PJ, Van Dover CL, Watling L and Gjerde KM (2018) Corrigendum: Deep-Sea Mining With No Net Loss of Biodiversity—An Impossible Aim. Front. Mar. Sci. 5:195. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00195
Received
29 April 2018
Accepted
17 May 2018
Published
13 June 2018
Volume
5 - 2018
Edited and reviewed by
Frontiers in Marine Science Editorial Office, Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland
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Copyright
© 2018 Niner, Ardron, Escobar, Gianni, Jaeckel, Jones, Levin, Smith, Thiele, Turner, Van Dover, Watling and Gjerde.
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*Correspondence: Holly J. Niner holly.niner.13@ucl.ac.ukh.j.niner@gmail.com
This article was submitted to Deep-Sea Environments and Ecology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Marine Science
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