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Cook Islands plans sovereign fund for seabed mining revenues
RADIO NEW ZEALAND 19 November 2012 The Cook Islands Government is planning the establishment of a sovereign wealth fund for the storing of revenues generated by seabed mining. The Finance Minister, Mark Brown, this week released a report by the International Monetary Fund on its recommendations on the design of a sovereign wealth fund. The [...]
Read more8000 sign PANG petition in bid to block Pacific deep seabed mining
Pacific Scoop Rachel Reeves 28 August 2012 A petition bearing more than 8000 signatures is being circulated among Forum participants this week as part of a regional effort to arrest seabed mining projects in the Pacific. A coalition of non-government organisations, which includes the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) and Act Now! PNG, is here [...]
Read moreCampaigners urge Forum to look at moratorium on sea-bed mining
Radio New Zealand Anti-seabed mining campaigners have urged Pacific Island Forum members meeting in Rarotonga to place a moratorium on the activity. Maureen Penjueli of the Pacific Network on Globalisation says the governments should take a cue from Australia’s Northern Territory which has placed a three year ban on the activity. Ms Penjueli says mining [...]
Read moreMEDIA RELEASE: International Law Supports Moratorium on Experimental Seabed Mining
27 August 2012
Read morePacific groups to launch legal opinion on Precautionary Principle and seabed mining
Media Advisory: Our Large Ocean Islands States Vision: Regaining a Sacred Custodianship; Avoid Undermining Our Pacific 27 August 2012
Read moreDeep Sea Mining Campaign in The Guardian
Papua New Guinea’s seabed to be mined for gold and copper The Guardian Oliver Milman Monday 6 August 2012 Government approves world’s first commercial deep-sea mining project despite vehement objections over threat to marine life.
Read morePacific groups petition: Calling on Pacific govts to stop experimental seabed mining
EMTV Growing calls from Pacific communities to stop seabed mining and the breakdown of a financing agreement is putting to question the viability of the Nautilus seabed mining experiment.
Read moreCampaign against experimental seabed mining gathers strength
Wednesday 27 June 2012 ACT NOW! PNG newsletter The campaign against experimental seabed mining in the Pacific is building up a great momentum, but we still need your support to ensure a positive outcome. Sign the petition – www.actnowpng.org/action
Read moreUpdates on campaigns against seabed mining
As a small and growing campaign we not only want to highlight the Deep Sea mining campaign but also the work of people through the Pacific including New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea and the growing resistance to seabed mining in Namibia. Below are a couple of our updates over the past year. Please [...]
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