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Northern Territory Government Places Moratorium on Exploration and Sea Bed Mining in Northern Territory Coastal Waters
An amazing victory happened for Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory today. The NT government placed a moratorium on sea bed mining in the coastal waters of the Northern Territory.
Which begs the question why the Papua New Guinean government, and other governments of the Pacific, are not listening to local communities who also want a moratorium on seabed mining. Read more
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’
Wednesday 15 February 2012NGO’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
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MEDIA RELEASE: Report details unacceptable impacts from deep sea mining by Canada’s Nautilus
Overview
Canadian mining company Nautilus Minerals Inc. (Nautilus) is set to embark on the unprecedented extraction of metals from the sea floor. The mining project, known as the Solwara 1 project, will extract gold and copper from the floor of the Bismarck Sea in Papua New Guinea. It is the first of a potentially large number of deep sea mining projects within the Bismarck Sea and wider Pacific Region. Read more