The development of mineral resources in the deep sea can potentially generate significant economic returns, but also raises governance challenges. The International Seabed Authority (ISA) wrestles with a wide range of issues and complex interactions that may affect not only how the industry develops over time, but also how development will benefit mankind. Two key issues they face are the means for sharing the payments from deep sea mining (DSM), and protecting environmental resources in the deep sea from harmful effects. This article provides an overview of issues for deciding among alternative means of distributing the ISA’s share of monetary returns that will be realized as deep sea mineral resources, how they are converted from natural assets into financial assets, and alternative approaches to ensure that exploitation of these resources does not come at the expense of mankind also benefiting from the environmental resources provided by the deep sea.

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共享和保护深海资源：国际海底管理局面临的挑战

深海矿产资源的开发可能会产生显着的经济回报，但也会带来治理挑战。国际海底管理局 (ISA) 与范围广泛的问题和复杂的相互作用搏斗，这些问题不仅可能影响行业的发展方式，还可能影响发展将如何造福人类。他们面临的两个关键问题是如何分享深海采矿（DSM）的收益，以及保护深海环境资源免受有害影响。本文概述了在分配 ISA 将作为深海矿产资源实现的货币回报份额的替代方法中做出决定的问题，以及如何将它们从自然资产转换为金融资产，