Archive
Pacific Conference of Churches congratulates Vanuatu MP for mining stand
PACNEWS 18 June 2013 SUVA, Fiji — Pacific leaders should follow the example of Vanuatu Lands Minister Ralph Regenvanu and introduce legislation which will protect communities from the ravages of extractive industry. The Pacific Conference of Churches General Secretary, Reverend Francois Pihaatae, said Monday that Regenvanu’s bid to ensure that the principal of free informed [...]
Read moreChurches say No to Deep Sea Mining
Island Business 18 June 2013 SUVA, Fiji — The Pacific must not be allowed to become a testing ground for deep sea mining and regional governments must stop issuing licences immediately. Pacific Conference of Churches Treaties Adviser Murray Isimeli said yesterday the region could not afford damage to the environment from testing. “There is no [...]
Read moreMadang Peoples Forum calls on PNG Minister, Byron Chan to shelve seabed mining
Papua New Guinea Mine Watch 12 June 2013 Madang People’s Forum (MPF) is calling on the Mining Minister Byron Chan to follow Vanuatu’s lead and shelve experimental seabed mining in Papua New Guinea. Spokesman Mr Alfred Kaket said, this project must be stopped until our government has all the information it needs regarding this project. [...]
Read moreVanuatu Minister calls on Pacific govts to respect people’s wishes on experimental seabed mining
[Related Articles: Island Business, PAC News, Radio New Zealand International, Radio Australia, Papua New Guniea Mine Watch, ABC News and Vanuatu Daily Digest] Papua New Guinea Mine Watch 10 May, 2013 From the Opening address by the Hon. Ralph Regenvanu, Minister for Land and Natural Resources, Government of the Republic of Vanuatu at the Regional Training [...]
Read moreProtect Oceans. Protect Marine Life. Protect Livelihoods. No Experimental Seabed Mining.
It has been a few months since our last newsletter and as you can see we have moved to a new format that we hope is easier-to-read and share. Feedback is welcome. Although we haven’t been in touch via our newsletter for a while rest assured the campaign has been getting down to the [...]
Read moreThe Pacific Conference of Churches calls for a moratorium on seabed mining
Island Business 29 May 2013 SUVA, Fiji — The Pacific Conference of Churches has renewed its call for a stop to all sea bed mining research in line with a resolution by regional church leaders in Honiara last month. PCC General Secretary Reverend Francois Pihaatae made the call after regional governments began to design laws [...]
Read moreDr Maebuta: Provincial leaders fail its people
Solomon Star Wednesday 29 May 2013 University of the South pacific (USP) lecturer Dr Jack Maebuta said Temotu provincial government (TPG) has failed to consult the people when the Blue Water Metal mining company undertake their prospecting. In a statement yesterday Dr Maebuta said many people are ignorant about the likely impact of such mining [...]
Read moreGreen light given to explore for minerals in Fiji’s seabeds
The push to mine the seabeds of Fiji has now become a reality with the granting of licences to Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology or KIOST, Nautilus Minerals and Bluewater Minerals Australia. This is despite Fiji NGO, Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) getting legal advice on Fiji’s draft seabed mining legislation which highlighted [...]
Read moreDiepzeemijnbouw – Deep Sea Mining
A recent article in Dutch magazine KIJK called ‘Diepzeemijnbouw’ (Deep Sea Mining) quotes Dr. Helen Rosenbaum from the Deep Sea Mining campaign. In summary Dr. Rosenbaum talks about how we cannot predict what the impacts of Deep Sea Mining will be that we already have problems containing mining’s impacts on land and that that it [...]
Read moreNew Ireland Communities Angry with Mining Minister
‘We want Ministers and a government that believe in a new development model. One that works for PNG and for local people. We want investment in local agriculture, local people, local skills. Not more of these big foreign owned activities that just steal our resources and leave us to suffer the costs.’ [via Papua New [...]
Read more- 1
- 2