OUT OF OUR DEPTH Mining the Ocean Floor in the Pacific

Listen to the Deep Sea Mining campaign on Earth Matters

Listen to Dr. Helen Rosenbaum author of Out of Our Depth: Mining the Ocean Floor in Papua New Guinea and Wence Magun, national coordinator for Mas Kagin Tapani (Stewards of the Sea) in Papua New Guinea talking about the potential impacts of deep sea mining on precious marine ecosystems and the communities that depend on them.

Thanks to Jessie Boylan, Earth Matters 3CR http://podcast.3cr.org.au/pod/3CRCast-2012-02-19-82693.mp3

MEDIA RELEASE: SOPAC framework on deep seabed mining will disenfranchise Pacific Peoples’

NGO’s across the Pacific, criticise The Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s (SOPAC) proposal for a legislative and regulatory framework for deep sea mineral exploration and mining. Read more