Non Living Resources - United Nations
Non Living Resources
Capacity Building - Challenges and Opportunities -
UNICPOLOS XI, New York from 21 to 25 June 2010 Cristelle Pratt Suva FIJI
Pacific Islands Region : Europe
Vital Statistics
EEZ
Land
[excluding Papua New Guinea]
7 500 Islands
500 Islands
[excluding Papua New Guinea]
Ocean : Land [ ] excluding Papua New Guinea
30 million km2
[27 million km2]
550 000 km2
[93 500km2]
Volcanic Islands Coral Atolls
9.85 million people
0.1 % worlds population
[6.7 million people]
55 : 1
290 : 1
The Opportunities of Resources
Marine Minerals
? Manganese nodules ? deep water ? Ni-Co Crusts ? deep water, seamounts ? Hydrothermal deposits ? back arc basins ? Placer deposits ? river and delta systems ? Sand & Gravel ? Hydrocarbons ? continental shelves, sedimentary Basins
deep-sea mineral deposits
back ?arc spreading
oceanic ridge spreading seamounts
island arc
trench
ocean floor
Subduction
2,000-3,000m water depth
4,000-6,000m water depth
800-2,000m water depth
hydrothermal deposits (Cu, Pb, Zn, Au, Ag)
manganese nodule deposits (Mn, Ni, Cu, Co)
cobalt-rich crusts (Co, Mn, Ni, Pt)
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