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DOWNLOAD INDEPENDENT REVIEW ON DEEP SEA MINING IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

An independent scientific review of the environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Nautilus Minerals Solwara 1 seabed mining project in Papua New Guinea concludes the statement is completely inadequate and that the mining will result in severe and prolonged environmental impacts.

The review was completed by Professor Richard Steiner, a member of the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy.

The EIS does not present sufficient information with which the PNG government can effectively judge the project’s expected impacts.  The EIS is judged as not fit-to-purpose.  Many risk contingencies are poorly analyzed, some are not analyzed at all, and many of the baseline studies necessary to understand potential impacts have yet to be completed. - Professor Richard Steiner

 

Read the Executive Summary here