https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/570124/seabed-miner-slows-fast-track-with-cynical-response
Excellent! A great Friday night news dump.
#seabedmining
World’s Governments Fail to Agree to a Moratorium on Deep-Sea Mining
“Exploiting the seabed is not a necessity — it is a choice,” said Palau’s president. “And it is reckless.”
"Last week 2,000 scientists recommended to governments that all deep sea exploration be paused whilst further research is carried out; just 0.001% of the seabed has been mapped."
#EsmeStallard, 2025
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq69e4j6jz8o
Meanwhile the NatACT government in Aotearoa is actively encouraging mining corporations to "invest" in large-scale destruction of the seabed around our islands.
Will no one rid us of these turbulent priests? Well, there is an election coming ...
"Is this council going to stand with us, are you part of us or are you going to stand on the side on you're little island away from the rest of us who've been fighting this, away from the rest of us who have to confront this ... where do you belong."
4-Jun-2025
Top scientists call for permanent ban on high seas exploitation
Extractive activity in international waters - including #fishing, #seabedMining, and #oil and #gas exploitation - should be banned forever, according to top scientists.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1085880
#science #environment #conservation #MarineProtectedAreas #oceans
#US Is Reviewing #ImpossibleMetals Proposal to #Mine the #Seabed
The Interior Department said it would review a new proposal for operations off the coast of #AmericanSamoa.
The move follows an #executiveorder that urged government agencies to expedite permits for #seabedmining in US territorial waters as well as international waters. Most other nations argue US does not have the legal right to mine the seabed beyond its own territorial waters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/climate/trump-seabed-mining-impossible-metals-american-samoa.html
https://archive.ph/B5zn4
Current legal frameworks can’t protect the oceans from deep-sea mining and the negative impacts on humankind
#DeepSeaMining #OceanProtection #MarineEcosystems #Environment #UNCLOS #ISAGovernance #OceanCrisis #ClimateImpact #SeabedMining #OceanLaw
https://the-14.com/current-legal-frameworks-cant-protect-the-oceans-from-deep-sea-mining-and-the-negative-impacts-on-humankind/
Global seabed regulator concerned by mining company’s unilateral actions https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/global-seabed-regulator-concerned-by-mining-companys-unilateral-actions/
🇬🇧 The race to underwater mining is “humanity's last act of collective irresponsibility”
🇵🇹 A corrida à mineração submarina é “o último acto de irresponsabilidade colectiva da humanidade”
@greenpeace @mongabay
https://www.publico.pt/2024/06/08/azul/noticia/corrida-mineracao-submarina-ultimo-acto-irresponsabilidade-colectiva-humanidade-2093422
#DeepSeaMining #oceans #OceanConservation #EnvironmentalImpact #SeabedMining
#MarineProtection #MineralExtraction
History made: 🇵🇹 takes lead in effort to stop deep-sea mining
While countries like Spain and France have adopted parliamentary resolutions in opposition to deep-sea mining, #Portugal is - so far - the only European country to have translated these concerns into a binding law to adopt a deep-sea mining moratorium.
#DeepSeaMining #oceans #OceanConservation #EnvironmentalImpact #SeabedMining #MarineProtection #MineralExtraction #BiodiversityLoss
Excellent work by #TheGuardian on their visual explainer about deep-sea mining, highlighting the key issues at stake.
#DeepSeaMining
#OceanConservation
#SustainableMining
#EnvironmentalImpact
#SeabedMining
#MarineProtection
#MineralExtraction
#OceanGovernance
#ClimateChange
#BiodiversityLoss
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