Moreover, the nature of the activities themselves, whether prospecting and exploration for minerals, marine scientific research or other uses of the high seas, frequently overlap and, more importantly, the impacts of such activities on the marine environment also overlap.
De plus, la nature des activités elles-mêmes, qu &apos; il s &apos; agisse de prospection et d &apos; exploration de ressources minérales, de recherches scientifiques marines ou d &apos; autres utilisations de la haute mer, se chevauchent fréquemment et, surtout, leurs impacts sur le milieu marin se chevauchent aussi.