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. [...]
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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 [...]
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Huffington Post 31 May 2013 Richard Steiner It may be understandable that a terrestrial primate such as ourselves would pay little attention to a world so foreign, inaccessible, and inhospitable as the deep sea, but with growing threats to the region, it’s time we do so. Historically, most human interaction with the ocean world [...]
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BBC News 18 May 2013 The prospect of a deep sea “gold rush” opening a controversial new frontier for mining on the ocean floor has moved a step closer. The United Nations has published its first plan for managing the extraction of so-called “nodules” – small mineral-rich rocks – from the seabed. A technical [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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The Conversation Sara Bice | 15 April 2013 Photo: Amid global demand for rare earth minerals, there has been a strong interest in deep sea mining. Flickr\gnews 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 [...]
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Deep-sea mining struggles to manage ecological impact New Scientist | 19 March 2013 by Michael Slezak Mining’s next frontier is proving tricky to navigate. Last week a British company became the latest firm to announce its intention to mine the seabed. However, it is still unclear how deep-sea mining will affect the oceans. UK Seabed [...]
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Wence Magun, Deep Sea Mining campaign steering committee member recently spoke to Television New Zealand (TVNZ) about why shouldn’y be rushing into deep sea mining in the Pacific. You can see the full transript to the speech here. Wence is also the national coordinator for PNG NGO Mas Kagin Tapani, he recently attended the Second [...]
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Deep Sea Mining campaign steering committee member, Patric Kaiku refers to a photo from last year of PNG Mining Minister, Byron Chan when a petition coordinated by ACT NOW! and PANG of over 24,000 signatures was handed over to him – still no response from Mr. Chan: “This was the moment in October last year [...]
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