Children speak out against seabed mining in New Zealand – Save our Sands, love our oceans
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining recently produces the following campaign video giving the children of the black sands a voice. Their powerful message is a clear NO to seabed mining.
PNG PM denies knowing about envrionmental permits for Solwara 1 issued by DEC
We know that the environmental permits for Solwara 1 have been issued by the Department of Environment and Conservation in Papua New Guinea – how is that new information to Prime Minister O’Neill? According to his statements in his interview with Radio Australia there is nothing the PNG Government can/will do to prevent the mine going ahead if Nautilus raises the capital elsewhere. Radio Australia3 December 2012
Mr O’Neill was speaking to more than 1300 delegates attending the PNG Mining and Petroleum Investment Conference in Sydney.
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Decision on seabed mining in PNG must be reversed
PNG AttitudeJOE WASIA | Supported by the Bob Cleland Writing Fellowship SEABED MINING. IT’S A NEW TERM to the ears of many Papua New Guineans. In simple definition, it’s the underwater extraction of mineral resources.
This method is rarely used in the world whereas onshore extraction is vastly used. Both methods have environmental and health risks which are assessed and analysed before projects begin.
Now a new frontier in mining is set to be opened up by underwater extraction of resources from the seabed off the coast of Papua New Guinea.
This is despite vehement objections from environmentalists and local activists and even some parliamentarians. Read more
Kiwis Against Seabed Mining – Loud and Strong!
Another brilliant campaign video from our friends at Kiwis Against Seabed Mining. Making their voices heard loud and strong against the destruction of their seabeds. Also a video update from activist surfer, David Rastovich (S4C) supporting the campaign to stop seabed mining in the west coast of the north island of New Zealand.
PART 3 – DAVID RASTOVICH, KASM & S4C COASTAL JOURNEYfrom Surfers for Cetaceans on Vimeo.
PART 2 – KASM & S4C COASTAL JOURNEY from Surfers for Cetaceans on Vimeo.
KASM & S4C COASTAL JOURNEY – PART 1 from Surfers for Cetaceans on Vimeo. To help visit: www.kasm.org.nz www.s4cglobal.org
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Letter to the Department of Environment and Conservation in Papua New Guinea
Solwara 1 is a unique project of worldwide significance but key aspects of its approvals process remain “behind closed doors”. In the interests of transparency and informed debate, the Deep Sea Mining Campaign have called upon the DEC (via the Acting Secretary) to release at a minimum the full data set behind the EIS, the earlier Cardno review of oceanographic components of the EIS (conducted for DEC in 2009) and the conditions of the permits issued for Solwara 1 by DEC.
Below is the letter that was sent on 7 November 2013 (which has now been posted, e-mailed to 2 different addresses and faxed) from Dr. Helen Rosenbaum on behalf of the Deep Sea Mining Campaign.
Unfortunately we are yet to receive a reply from Mr. Joku. Please feel free to print the letter to the Mr. Joku as an open letter in your newspaper or to excerpt any part of it.
Download letter hereDownload recent Deep Sea Mining campaign report
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Reports Regarding Deep Sea Mining Campaign in Papua New Guinea Released
Subsea World News20 November 2012 During the past months several reports regarding the deep sea mining campaign in Papua New Guinea were released, Swakopmund Matters informed.
The campaign coordinator for the Australian-based organization “Deep Sea Mining”, Dr. Helen Rosenbaum, has authored a significant report on marine mining in Papua New Guinea’s coastal waters entitled “Out of our Depth – Mining the Ocean Floor in Papua New Guinea”.
In her well researched report she made the following conclusions:
• The mining company cannot be considered to have achieved a social license to operate until the information gaps on environmental and socio-economic impacts are filled and independently endorsed mitigation strategies are developed. In addition, due to the lack of good governance and accountability demonstrated to date, independent monitoring by a team of experts and civil society representatives should continue throughout the life of the project and any subsequent projects.
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Solwara 1 ecology impact bugs Papua New Guinean Government
The National, Papua New Guinea20 November 2012
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says his government wants to be fully satisfied on core issues such as environmental impact before it participates in the Solwara 1 deep-sea mining project.
Nautilus Minerals, the developer of the project planned for PNG’s Bismarck Sea, last week decided to terminate construction amid a dispute with the government over costs of up to US$80 million.
The Canadian company planned to mine gold and copper in the seabed, the first such deep sea mining operation in the world.
O’Neill said in a radio interview last week he regretted that Nautilus had to freeze its plans. Read more