DEEP-REST aims to develop a novel approach to improve our capacities for science-based spatial planning and management in two ecosystems threatened by deep-sea mining. This consortium is composed of 15 partners from Portugal, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Netherlands, Ireland and Norway.
Our researchers, Nélia Mestre, Cármen Sousa, Juliano Vilke, Leandro Marinho, Santiago Correia, Pasqualina Gaetano, and Tainá Fonseca, contributed significantly to improving the knowledge about ecotoxicology impacts of deep-sea mining in deep-sea invertebrates in Northern-Mid Atlantic and Pacific Ocean ridges.
This meeting was held on the 14th-16th of May in the Penha Campus of the University of Algarve, Faro (Portugal).