Solomon Islands continues to join Pacific call on Japan to defer its decision to dump radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean
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PIF panelist hits back at IAEA ‘Fukushima is safe’ decision
PIF panelist has criticised the IAEA for ignoring its principle of justification
Recalling the World Ocean Day celebration
“The Pacific Ocean is no doubt the single greatest natural endowment to us.”
You can’t mine the seabed without proper rules
Mining the seabed without proper regulations seems outlandish. But it could happen sooner than we think.
Australia baulks at Pacific shipping emission cuts plan at IMO
Australia is yet to fully commit to the Pacific nations call to support Pacific shipping emission cuts plan for international shipping
Treaty to protect high seas too late to stop mining
The treaty doesn’t have any power over mining activities overseen by the ISA because it does not apply directly to activities already regulated by existing bodies
Fukushima plan to release water into ocean approved by UN watchdog IAEA
Discharging the water would have “a negligible radiological impact on people and the environment”.
Pacific groups condemn Japan’s attempts to dismantle Pacific solidarity against Fukushima nuclear waste plans
Pacific groups call on Japan to abandon its plan to discharge treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean effective immediately
Mining the sea means mining public support too
Seabed mining is a long way from obtaining a social licence from the people most affected
Seabed mining could sink the fishing industry
Deep-sea mining could have an irreversible impact on Pacific fish stocks that will be devastating for Pacific Island communities who depend on the ocean for food and their livelihoods