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MEDIA RELEASES

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 … read more

 

Report details unacceptable impacts from deep sea mining by Canada’s Nautilus
November 24, 2011 – Port Morseby, Papua New Guinea/ Ottawa, Canada/ Melbourne, Australia. The Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and MiningWatch Canada and have released a new report called “Out of Our Depth.” … read more

IN THE NEWS

ABC Radio Australia: Pacific Beat (Australia and Pacific-wide)
1 Dec 2011: Deep sea mining project threatens communities – environment groups
2 Dec 2011: Concerns continue over deep sea mining “experiment” in Pacific
2 Dec 2011: Nautilus defends world’s first deep sea mining project
 
Radio New Zealand International (New Zealand and Pacific-wide)
22 Feb 2012: Call for PNG government to establish citizens mining council
22 Feb 2012: Call for SPC to listen to Pacific communities over seabed mining
4 Dec 2011: PNG coastal comunities see no benefit in Bismarck Sea mining
2 Dec 2011: New report says assessment of seabed mining in PNG flawed
15 Nov 2011: Calls for careful monitoring of deep seabed mining off PNG
6 July 2011: Exciting seabed mining potential raises concerns
1 June 2011: Concern at potential risks in sea floor mining in the Pacific
 
Radio 3CR, National Program: Earth Matters (Australia)
2 Feb 2012: On this edition of Earth Matters we hear about the new deep sea mining project, solwara 1, off the coast of Papua New Guinea. We speak to Dr. Helen Rosenbaum, author of Out of our Depth, and Wence Magun, from the Stewards of the Sea organisation about the potential impacts of deep sea mining on precious marine ecosystems and the communities that depend on them
http://podcast.3cr.org.au/pod/3CRCast-2012-02-19-82693.mp3
 
ABC Asia Pacific News (online)
2 Dec 2011: PNG undersea mining project disputes environmental concerns\
 
Post Courier (Papua New Guinea)
13 Dec 2011: ENB govt challenged
2 April 2011: Post Courier: Seabed mining an ill informed decision
 
Fiji Times (Fiji)
5 Dec 2011: Undersea mining raises concerns
 
Pacific Islands News Association (PINA)
16 Feb 2012: Pacific deep sea mining framework under fire
 
Pacific Scoop NZ (New Zealand and Pacific-wide, online)
17 Feb 2012: SOPAC Mining Framework Will Disenfranchise Pacific Peoples
20 Jan 2012: Campaign To Prevent Experimental Deep-Sea Mining Goes Global
 
Papua New Guinea Mine Watch (PNG, online)
Papua New Guinea Mine Watch was originally established to track the progress of the Ramu nickel mine in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, but has since been expanded to cover the whole mining sector in PNG including deep sea mining. This expansion has been as a result of three factors. Firstly, the overwhelming interest shown in the blog – with more than 50,000 visits in the first nine months; secondly, the multitude of issues affecting other mines in PNG; and, thirdly, the rapid expansion of the mining sector in PNG with several new mines under construction and many more in the planning stages.

12 March 2012: BHP rejects seabed mining as not meeting its own environmental standards
12 March 2012: New Zealanders protest against experimental seabed mining
11 March 2012: Costs a game changer for experimental seabed gold and copper mining?
 
Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources (online)
17 Feb 2012: SOPAC Framework On Deep Seabed Mining Will Disenfranchise Pacific Peoples 
 
PNG Perspective (online)
16 Feb 2012: Pacific deep sea mining framework under fire
 
Highbeam Research (USA, online)
5 Dec 2011: Nautilus defends world’s first deep sea mining project