Resources

FACTSHEETS

Factsheet No.2
November 2012 | The factsheet gives information about Nautlus Solwara 1 deep sea mining project in Papua New Guinea. It calls for transparency from the Papua New Guinean government, specifically the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC), to release reports and information to the public to show the basis on which the 20 year operating license was issued. You can view the Deep Sea Mining campaign letter to DEC here.
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Factsheet No. 1
June 2012 | The factsheet gives concise information about the potential impacts of deep sea mining and what you can do to take action to stop experimental seabed mining in the Pacific. It was specifically written for the Pacific Council of Churches but has also been circulated widely to organisations and groups with concerns about deep sea mining.

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REPORTS

Deep Sea Mining campaign report, launched 20 November 2012
Physical Oceanographic Assessment of the Nautilus Environmental Impact Statement for the Solwara 1 Project – An Independent Review

Deep Sea Mining campaign report, launched 24 November 2011
Out of Our Depth: Mining the Ocean Floor in Papua New Guinea

Professor Richard Steiner’s, launched 10 January 2009
Independent Review of the Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Nautilus Minerals Solwara 1 Seabed Mining Project, Papua New Guinea

VIDEOS

COMMUNITY TESTIMONIES: Testimonies from communities who are concerned about the impacts of deep sea mining on their culture, lives and livelihoods.

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WATCH MORE VIDEOS Mining our ocean seabeds could destroy what some scientist believe to be the cradle of life. We will continue to add videos that show you the amazing life in the deep sea, something we know little about. We now more about the surface of he moon than we do about the deep sea and life on it’s sea floor.

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ACTION

LETTER TO NAUTILUS SHAREHOLDERS
On the 20 June 2012 Nautilus held their Annual General Meeting in Toronto Canada. Members from the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network (MISN) based in Toronto stood in solidarity with civil society in the Pacific by handing a letter from the Deep Sea Mining Campaign to shareholders at the meeting. Both MISN members attended the meeting with the 30 shareholders present, shareholders willingly took the letter.