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Mining Extreme Depths
HuffPost Live March 16 2013 Companies around the world are aiming to cash-in on deep-sea mining expeditions. Is this the future, or are the consequences of mining the unknown too great?
Read moreIs the next mining boom on the ocean floor?
The Conversation Sara Bice | 15 April 2013 Sara Bice a Senior Associate of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility and Research Fellow at the Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne raises concerns about the potential impacts of deep sea mining in the Pacific. Photo: Amid global demand for rare earth minerals, there [...]
Read moreDr Jack says no to seabed mining
Solomon Star By Elliot Dawea | Tuesday 16 April 2013 Photo: http://blogs.oceanswatch.org/solomons-png/?m=201108 A lecturer in education at the University of the South Pacific (USP), Solomon Islands Campus has petitioned the Temotu Provincial Government against underwater mining. Dr Jack Maebuta made the petition through online appealing for all members of the Temotu Public Forum on facebook [...]
Read moreBritain uses the world’s largest defense contractor to join the rush to plunder the deep seas in the Pacific
Britain uses the world’s largest defense contractor, American owned Lockheed Martin, to join the rush to plunder the deep seas in the Pacific … meanwhile SOPAC is questioned by leading Pacific NGO about their role in Lockheed seabed mining bid. In the following news articles they talk about the minerals that Lockheed will be aiming [...]
Read moreThe New Zealand Government FAILS to protect deep seas … disappointing!
Too late’ for Govt to vote on saving seabed NZ Herald Jamie Morton | March 8, 2013 Exploration permits already issued to miners. The Government says it was “too late” to vote to protect deep ocean habitats from the threat of seabed mining at the world’s largest conservation congress because it had already issued prospecting [...]
Read morePNG Seabed mining kros igo hed iet
Radio Australia 4 March 2013 | Caroline Tiriman Ol environmental grup na ol saintis i laikim Papua New Guinea Praim Minista why na emi no laik bekim ol askim na wari blong ol long seabed mining long kantri. Long mun December 2012 laen blong Deep Sea mining campaign ibin salim wanpla pas igo long Peter [...]
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