Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Ifremer’s stakeholder committee has been asked to highlight the main issues related to the deep sea, in order to inform research questions. About fifteen different actors from civil society have been interviewed. The committee underlines the diversity of representations and the importance of clarifying definitions. The committee also advocates for knowledge, by supporting exploration efforts, but also argues for a collective discussion about explorations’ purposes and uses. Lastly, the committee raises questions that they find important to consider at the science-society interface: about long-term observation, economic rationales, temporal dimensions at stakes, non-human considerations and boundaries of technological innovation.
DOI: 10.3917/re1.123.0113
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7167654874