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Home » deep sea mining

Tag: deep sea mining

‘Blue Peril’ reveals how deep-sea mining would impact Pacific Islands

By Deborah Pranis December 21, 2022December 21, 2022

A new film provides the first independent visual investigation of the tailings waste and sediment plumes that deep sea mining operations would create, and of how they will affect marine life in Pacific Islands

Pacific Blue Line maintains call for a global ban on deep sea mining

By Sanjeshni Kumar December 21, 2022December 21, 2022

Pacific Blue Line maintain their strong position for a global ban on deep sea mining. “The move to ban Deep Sea Mining in the Pacific is a decision not only to be considered by the Pacific Islands States but globally.”

Pacific groups welcome call to ban deep sea mining

By Sibete Ietaake November 16, 2022November 16, 2022

France calls on the ban of deep sea mining, an activity that Pacific civil society groups and movements have been pushing to prohibit due to its detrimental effects on their islands’ marine environments

Greenpeace urges governments to stop deep sea mining at upcoming negotiations

By Sibete Ietaake October 31, 2022October 31, 2022

The Greenpeace Network and New Zealand are calling on governments and ISA to stop Deep Sea Mining, which is an imminent threat to the Pacific islands

Pacific Islands remain divided on deep-sea mining as trial begins to extract precious metals from ocean floor

By Marian Faa and Jordan Fennell September 20, 2022September 20, 2022

As trial begins to extract precious metals from the Pacific Ocean, the chief executive of The Metal Company says, ‘can we just do the science’ whilst scientists argue the true risks of deep-sea mining are not fully understood

Anger as company gets go ahead to mine on seafloor

By RNZ Staff September 16, 2022September 16, 2022

“Deep sea mining is now right upon our doorstep and is a threat to each and every one of us…” says campaigner as a company gets go-ahead to mine on the seafloor in the Pacific

Greenpeace slams shock decision to green-light deep sea mining

By Emma Page September 12, 2022September 12, 2022

Greenpeace urges world leaders to step in and put in place a moratorium on deep sea mining to protect the ocean as ISA green-light NORI to begin exploratory mining in the Pacific Ocean

French Polynesia moves towards ban on ‘craziness’ of seabed mining

By RNZ Staff September 12, 2022September 12, 2022

French Polynesia votes a draft opinion for a temporary ban on seabed mining projects, urging ‘our cousins of the Pacific to stop this craziness’

Amid haggling over deep-sea mining rules, chorus of skepticism grows louder

By Elizabeth Claire Alberts August 24, 2022

While many countries appear to support the rapid development of mining regulations, others have expressed concern saying we know too little about the damage that seabed mining would cause

Pacific nations are extraordinarily rich in critical minerals. But mining them may take a terrible toll

By Nick Bainton and Emilka Skrzypek August 8, 2022August 8, 2022

The clean energy transition is creating pressure to extract more minerals from the sensitive lands and seabeds across the Pacific, but if we fail to address the social and environmental costs of extraction, the transition will not be fair, write authors

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