As the Sigatoka River faces environmental threats from dredging and potential mining, headman Alipate Nainoca prays for wisdom and urges the community to embrace stewardship and resist greed
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Mineral Exploration in the Sigatoka River Area
Several villages along Fiji’s Sigatoka River have raised concerns that past dredging for flood mitigation has damaged marine habitats and altered the riverbed, impacting local livelihoods
Pacific civil society groups urge NZ to support a moratorium on deep sea mining
Pacific civil society groups call on the NZ government to show regional leadership and support a moratorium on deep-sea mining
Tide shifts against seabed mining as Tuvalu withdraws support
Greenpeace Campaigner says Tuvalu rescinding the decision to support deep-sea mining “is a sign that deep-sea mining industry has no future.”
New Zealand giving ‘green light’ to sea bed mining in ungoverned Pacific waters
Marine conservationists say by participating in drafting regulations, New Zealand is helping to ‘green light’ sea bed mining in the ungoverned Pacific Ocean
Marine scientists warn plans on ocean mining could be ‘pushed through’ despite ecological risks
Ocean floor could be opened up to deep sea mining from July 2023 despite warnings it could be “catastrophic” for marine life
A rush to mine the deep ocean has environmentalists worried
Nauru is behind a push to fast-track talks on mining rules for the deep seabed, which could see fragile habitats opened to exploitation as early as 2023
PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH: First Study to Show Plumes from Ocean Mining would overlap with important international tuna fisheries
Pacific fisheries, including the US fishing fleet, would be at greatest risk in terms of overlap with mining areas; Fisheries in Mexico, Spain, Ecuador, and the Philippines are also at risk
Mining operation allegedly owes millions in taxes and royalties in Solomon Islands
Asia Pacific Investment Development and its subcontractor have allegedly failed to rehabilitate land affected by bauxite mining
Scientists call for moratorium on ocean mining, fearing impact on Pacific tuna fishery
Researcher says not enough is known about the impacts of seafloor mining on marine life