The PNG Government document linked its decision to Paragraph 23 of the Special Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Retreat
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‘Precautionary principle’ is of utmost importance to us in the Pacific: Forum Chair Brown
“We continue to stand by our priorities of “international consultation, international law, and independent and verifiable scientific assessments”
UN nuclear watchdog boss defends position on Japan’s wastewater dump
IAEA Director General says its “standards are well and fine and not outdated” as nuclear activists raise concerns about the viability of the IAEA report on Japan’s wastewater release into the Pacific Ocean
Solomon Islands stand by Pacific call on Tokyo to postpone its decision to dump radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean
Solomon Islands continues to join Pacific call on Japan to defer its decision to dump radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean
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.
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