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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 [...]
Read moreListen 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 [...]
Read moreMEDIA RELEASE: SOPAC framework on deep seabed mining will disenfranchise Pacific Peoples’
Wednesday 15 February 2012 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.
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DOWNLOAD REPORT HERE (2mb) For a high resolution version of the report please contact natalie.lowrey[at]gmail.com 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 [...]
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